The Simmons and Simmons Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Simmons and Simmons Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2009, 17 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 April 2025, The Simmons and Simmons Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £217k to £1.0m (+369%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 960%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Simmons and Simmons Charitable Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Million Realities Foundation (£1.0m), Hhugs - Helping Households Under Great Stress (£1.0m) and Louis Nicholas Residuary Charitable Trust (£994k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m.