The Osteopathic Foundation

Analysis

The Osteopathic Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Osteopathic Foundation reported income of £83k and spending of £320k, spending 384% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £46k to £83k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 921%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Osteopathic Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daisy Chains Iw (£83k), Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership (£83k) and The Jacqueline and Michael Gee Charitable Trust (£83k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.