The Citizenship Foundation

Analysis

The Citizenship Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02351363). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Citizenship Foundation reported income of £715k and spending of £748k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £845k to £715k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Citizenship Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Schools Northeast (£714k), The National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (£719k) and Y Bont (£713k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53% and donations and legacies 46%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £287k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.