The Yves Guihannec Foundation

Analysis

The Yves Guihannec Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02721395). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Yves Guihannec Foundation reported income of £89k and spending of £66k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £187k to £89k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 3431%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Yves Guihannec Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gledswood Charitable Trust (£89k), Long Preston Water Trust (£90k) and The Rockley Charitable Trust (£89k).