David and Elaine Potter Foundation

Analysis

David and Elaine Potter Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, David and Elaine Potter Foundation reported income of £205k and spending of £587k, spending 286% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £271k to £205k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 349% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, David and Elaine Potter Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devon and Cornwall Furniture Reuse Project Limited (£205k), Connecting Communities in Berkshire (£205k) and St Chad's Sanctuary (£205k).

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.