Pierre Fournier Award

Analysis

Pierre Fournier Award is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pierre Fournier Award reported income of £21k and spending of £12k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1 to £21k (+2110200%), an average of +1105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59900%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, Pierre Fournier Award sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Worlingworth Community Council (£21k), Weymouth and Portland U3a (£21k) and Eastcote and Ruislip Choral Society (£21k).