The Richard Thomas Foundation

Analysis

The Richard Thomas Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 Richard Thomas Foundation reported income of £17k and spending of £44k, spending 252% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £17k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 702%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Richard Thomas Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elgar Works Limited (£17k), Weeting Village Hall (Norfolk) (£17k) and Cantata Dramatica (£17k).

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.