The Michael Matthews Foundation

Analysis

The Michael Matthews Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Michael Matthews Foundation reported income of £21k and spending of £48k, spending 226% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £33k to £21k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Michael Matthews Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 29th Ormskirk (Burscough St John) Scout Group (£21k), Sandwich Lawn Tennis Club (£21k) and 1st Wokingham (St Paul's) Scout Group (£21k).