The Anchor Foundation

Analysis

The Anchor Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Perth. It was registered in September 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 company (Companies House number 04057661). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Anchor Foundation reported income of £222k and spending of £362k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £199k to £222k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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 Anchor Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charles Dunstone Charitable Trust (£222k), The Richard Lawes Foundation (£222k) and The Ingram Trust (£221k).

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.