Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation reported income of £204k and spending of £3.5m, spending 1719% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £283k to £204k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 1079% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (£204k), London Parks and Green Spaces Forum (£205k) and The West Sussex Countryside Studies Trust (£204k).

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.