The Grey Foundation

Analysis

The Grey Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leatherhead. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Grey Foundation reported income of £35k and spending of £42k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £36k to £35k (-1.3%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 916%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Grey Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belmont Home School Association (£35k), Shah Jalal Bengali School and Islamic Centre (£35k) and The Mary O'gara Foundation (£35k).

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.