Grubb Forward

Analysis

Grubb Forward is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07463679). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Grubb Forward reported income of £116k and spending of £132k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £10k to £116k (+1048%), an average of +126% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 897%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Grubb Forward sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ablestay (£116k), Dunk's Almshouse Charity (£116k) and Justice Is Now (£115k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.