Wallscourt Foundation

Analysis

Wallscourt Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02991142). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wallscourt Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £875k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £853k to £1.4m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 723%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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, Wallscourt Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Artangel Trust (£1.4m), Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (£1.4m) and Young Roots (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 82% and charitable activities 18%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £297k. Reserves of £41.6m would cover about 537 months of spending at that rate.