The Gen Foundation

Analysis

The Gen Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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 individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Gen Foundation reported income of £32k and spending of £38k, spending 118% of what it took in. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Gen Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Sheet School (£32k), The Attwood Education Foundation (£32k) and 1st Ruddington Scout Group (£32k).

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.