Quartet Community Foundation

Analysis

Quartet Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03981052). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Quartet Community Foundation reported income of £5.2m and spending of £7.0m, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £6.7m to £5.2m (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Quartet Community Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Justice & Care (£4.5m), The Ey Foundation (£5.5m) and Shy Bairns Get Nowt (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91% and investments 8.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £38k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.2m. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.

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.