St James's Place Charitable Foundation

Analysis

St James's Place Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07819270). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St James's Place Charitable Foundation reported income of £7.4m and spending of £6.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £8.6m to £7.4m (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, St James's Place Charitable Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Internet Watch Foundation (£7.0m), Point North Community Foundation (£7.7m) and Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, investments 4.6% and trading 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £106k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.9m. Reserves of £8.6m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.