The James Tudor Foundation

Analysis

The James Tudor Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05178537). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The James Tudor Foundation reported income of £977k and spending of £1.5m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £866k to £977k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 James Tudor Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Anderson Foundation (£976k), Midland International Aid Trust (UK) (£977k) and Survivors in Transition (£976k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.