The Forbes Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Forbes Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Forbes Charitable Foundation reported income of £216k and spending of £267k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £236k to £216k (-8.6%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Forbes Charitable Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elsecar Community Nursery (£216k), HBBS Counselling (£216k) and The Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind (£216k).