The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation

Analysis

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation reported income of £869k and spending of £1.3m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £338k to £869k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 251% 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 Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music in the Round Limited (£869k), Get Set Girls (£871k) and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited (£868k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 59% and donations and legacies 41%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £886k. Reserves of £31.3m would cover about 285 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 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.