The Public Interest Foundation

Analysis

The Public Interest Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Yarmouth. It was registered in June 2006, 20 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 2026, The Public Interest Foundation reported income of £209k and spending of £186k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £79k to £209k (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 Public Interest Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Riverside Active Lives Network (£209k), Droitwich Spa and Rural Council for Voluntary Service (£209k) and The Ratcliff Foundation (£209k).