The Galilee Foundation

Analysis

The Galilee Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06037771). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Galilee Foundation reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £875k to £2.6m (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 210%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Galilee Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dens Limited (£2.6m), Little Company of Mary Congregation CIO (£2.6m) and C.m.a. Community Nursery Ltd (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, donations and legacies 18%, trading 10% and investments 6.7%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £213k. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.