The Peggy Ramsay Foundation

Analysis

The Peggy Ramsay Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation reported income of £257k and spending of £421k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £475k to £257k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moseley Park and Pool Trust (£257k), Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru (£257k) and Our Big Picture Ltd (£257k).