The Foxglove Trust

Analysis

The Foxglove Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chard. It was registered in September 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Foxglove Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £178k, spending 735% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £24k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 513% 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 Foxglove Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thame Charities (£24k), Rotary Club of Church and Oswaldtwistle Trust Fund (£24k) and The J L Wine Charitable Trust (£24k).