The Arisaig Partners Foundation

Analysis

The Arisaig Partners Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Arisaig Partners Foundation reported income of £258k and spending of £296k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £423k to £258k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Arisaig Partners Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middleton Hall Trust (£258k), Healthwatch Lambeth (£258k) and The Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (£258k).