The Dorfman Foundation

Analysis

The Dorfman Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2007, 19 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 April 2025, The Dorfman Foundation reported income of £110k and spending of £451k, spending 409% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £167k to £110k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 808% 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 Dorfman Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust (£110k), The Hilary Awdry Charitable Trust (£110k) and Chestertons International Foundation (£110k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.