The Cayo Foundation

Analysis

The Cayo Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Cayo Foundation reported income of £400k and spending of £286k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £60k to £400k (+569%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Cayo Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christos Lazari Foundation (£399k), Veronica and Lars Bane Foundation CIO (£401k) and The Tompkins Foundation (£397k).