The Foyle Foundation

Analysis

The Foyle Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04006216). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Foyle Foundation reported income of £405k and spending of £6.9m, spending 1700% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £405k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 1191% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Foyle Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Settle Stories Limited (£404k), Arcade Arts Ltd (£405k) and Second Hand Dance Limited (£404k).

Data notes from the register: The register marks this charity as being in administration. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.