Sloane Robinson Foundation

Analysis

Sloane Robinson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Sloane Robinson Foundation reported income of £819k and spending of £832k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £712k to £819k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sloane Robinson Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include C I U Trust (£818k), Society for Research Into Higher Education (£820k) and Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School (£817k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 31%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £772k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.