The Capricorn Foundation

Analysis

The Capricorn Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 2010, 16 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 Capricorn Foundation reported income of £5.2m and spending of £7.2m, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £5.2m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 Capricorn Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Karlsson Jativa Charitable Foundation (£5.0m), Rachel Charitable Trust (£5.4m) and Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations Cymdeithas Mudiadau Gwirfoddol Powys (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.5m. Reserves of £237.1m would cover about 385 months of spending at that rate.

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.