The Verney Foundation

Analysis

The Verney Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Verney Foundation reported income of £23k and spending of £32k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £23k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Verney Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wiltshire Gardens Trust (£23k), The Devonshire Collection of Period Costume (£23k) and Worldwide Dragonfly Association (£23k).

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.