The Sir William Turner Foundation

Analysis

The Sir William Turner Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sir William Turner Foundation reported income of £38k and spending of £77k, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £31k to £38k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Sir William Turner Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baas Educational Trust UK (£38k), Vidya Dhan (£38k) and Belmont Families (£38k).

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.