The Schroder Foundation

Analysis

The Schroder Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Schroder Foundation reported income of £2.2m and spending of £1.8m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £485k to £2.2m (+355%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 1056%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Schroder Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edcity Office (£2.2m), The Baring Foundation (£2.2m) and Community Action Sutton (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 69% and investments 27%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.6m. Reserves of £13.5m would cover about 90 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.