The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation

Analysis

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03666389). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation reported income of £15.1m and spending of £6.0m, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.9m to £15.1m (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (£15.0m), Queenswood School Limited (£15.1m) and Malvern St James Limited (£15.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, charitable activities 13%, trading 2.0% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £969k. Reserves of £22.2m would cover about 44 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.