Saint John Southworth Foundation

Analysis

Saint John Southworth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06388943). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Saint John Southworth Foundation reported income of £762k and spending of £177k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £101k to £762k (+655%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 22% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Saint John Southworth Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surf Life Saving Great Britain (£761k), Nursery@aspire (£763k) and Dorking Rugby Football Club Limited (£760k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, charitable activities 16% and investments 5.1%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £128k. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 129 months of spending at that rate.