The Police Foundation is an independent registered charity, and our work would not be possible without the support offered to us by a wide range of funders, including charitable trusts, foundations, businesses and individual donors. Most of our funding comes in the form of charitable grants or donations, although we also carry out consultancy work for organisations such as police forces.

The Police Foundation believes that there is a public interest in the funding of think tanks, and we are committed to transparency in this area. Every year our annual accounts are published on the Charity Commission website, outlining how our funds are raised and spent.

We are extremely grateful for the generosity of all our supporters. Those for the year ended 30 June 2024 are shown below.

Donations and funding

R – restricted funding
UR – unrestricted funding

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£100k – £150K

Dawes Trust (R)
Consultancy (UR)

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£70k – £100k 

Events and training (R & UR)

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£40k – £70k

National Institute for Health and Care Research (R)
Sale of publications (UR)

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£20k – £40k

Barrow Cadbury (R)
Forensic Analytics (R)
Virgin Media O2 Business (R)
Tompkins Foundation (UR)

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£5k – £20k

Youth Endowment Fund (R)
Investments (UR)

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£2k – £5k

Cleveland Police (R)

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Below 2k

Global Alliance for Societies of Evidence Based Policing (R)
Essex Police (R)
Other small grants and donations (UR)