The Millby Foundation

Analysis

The Millby Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2011, 15 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 December 2025, The Millby Foundation reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £241k to £1.0m (+329%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Millby 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 Hhugs - Helping Households Under Great Stress (£1.0m), Age UK Bristol (£1.0m) and The Simmons and Simmons Charitable Foundation (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £719k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate.