John Innes Foundation

Analysis

John Innes Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05574485). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, John Innes Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.7m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 219% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, John Innes Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Friends of Harvard University (£1.7m), Justice (£1.7m) and City Year UK (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 88%, charitable activities 7.7% and trading 3.7%. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £865k.

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.