Pimco Foundation Europe

Analysis

Pimco Foundation Europe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 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 company (Companies House number 07401007). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pimco Foundation Europe reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.2m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, Pimco Foundation Europe sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Doncaster (£1.6m), The Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean Charitable Foundation (£1.6m) and The Dixon Foundation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80% and investments 20%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £8.2m would cover about 81 months of spending at that rate.