The Syder Foundation

Analysis

The Syder Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in May 2007, 19 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 September 2025, The Syder Foundation reported income of £378k and spending of £705k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £452k to £378k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 144% 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 Syder Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bolton Carers Support (£377k), The Saltash and District Age Concern Committee (£380k) and The Wands Charitable Trust (£376k).

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.