The Grant Foundation

Analysis

The Grant Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Grant Foundation reported income of £103k and spending of £124k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £100k to £103k (+2.6%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1100%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Grant Foundation sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golden Stable (£102k), Stewart's and Budgen's Almshouses (£103k) and Charity of Alderman James Hickson (£102k).

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.