The Day Foundation

Analysis

The Day Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Day Foundation reported income of £172k and spending of £273k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £184k to £172k (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Day Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Charities (£171k), Annie Sutton and Hoult Memorial Houses (£173k) and Crosby Together (£171k).

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.