The Mackintosh Foundation

Analysis

The Mackintosh Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02239812). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mackintosh Foundation reported income of £424k and spending of £994k, spending 234% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £100k to £424k (+325%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 760%. Over the whole period it spent 253% 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 Mackintosh Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wmuk (£424k), Brecon and District Mind (£424k) and Cicely Saunders International (£424k).

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.