The Tertis Foundation

Analysis

The Tertis Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04797374). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Tertis Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £40k, spending 378% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £11k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 1677% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Tertis Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dormywood Trust (£11k), McGough-Colin Foundation CIO (£11k) and Sutton Hall Cleadon (£11k).

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.