The Gryphon Foundation

Analysis

The Gryphon Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gryphon Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,131 to £13k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 196% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Gryphon Foundation sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Portishead County Primary School - Friends of the School Association (£13k), Huntingdon Action Community Projects (£13k) and Friends of Earls Colne Primary School & Nursey (£13k).

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.