The Danson Foundation

Analysis

The Danson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Danson Foundation reported income of £32k and spending of £850k, spending 2693% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £64k to £32k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 1243% 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 Danson Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Catalyst Charitable Trust (£32k), Miss Rene Ethel Checkland Charitable Trust (£32k) and The Cabin Charity (£31k).

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.