The Discworld Foundation

Analysis

The Discworld Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Discworld Foundation reported income of £173k and spending of £204k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £42k to £173k (+314%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 Discworld Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Changing Lives Didcot (£172k), The a & J Glossop Foundation (£173k) and Age Concern Lutterworth and District (£172k).

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.