The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation reported income of £660k and spending of £9.8m, spending 1487% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £48.2m to £660k (-99%), an average of -66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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 Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leslie and Doris Seccombe Charitable Trust (£656k), Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services (£662k) and The Cobalt Trust (£654k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.5m. It employed 4 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.