The Mallinckrodt Foundation

Analysis

The Mallinckrodt Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mallinckrodt Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £311k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £190k to £1.2m (+558%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 11423%. Over the whole period it spent 7.5% 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 Mallinckrodt 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 Fyrish Foundation (£1.2m), Persula Foundation (£1.3m) and Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £260k.