The Grocott Family Foundation

Analysis

The Grocott Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07969941). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Grocott Family Foundation reported income of £926k and spending of £88k, leaving 90% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £47k to £926k (+1877%), an average of +111% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1672%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Grocott Family Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kollel Torah Ve Yirah Limited (£926k), Wilderness Foundation UK (£929k) and Recovery Works Limited (£925k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and charitable activities 5.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £870k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £881k would cover about 119 months of spending at that rate.