The Pret Foundation

Analysis

The Pret Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pret Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.5m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £803k to £1.3m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Pret 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Focolare Trust (£1.3m), King's Road Church (£1.3m) and Coutts Charitable Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £200k. Reserves of £872k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.