NFTS Foundation

Analysis

NFTS Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beaconsfield. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03290399). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, NFTS Foundation reported income of £582k and spending of £230k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £664k to £582k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 461%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, NFTS Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education (£581k), The Willows Daycare Limited (£582k) and The Royal Anniversary Trust (£580k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 47%, investments 27% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £200k. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 156 months of spending at that rate.