Honor Frost Foundation

Analysis

Honor Frost Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08079190). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Honor Frost Foundation reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.7m, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £682k to £1.0m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 230% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Honor Frost Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn (£1.0m), The Gregynog Trust (£1.1m) and The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £672k. Reserves of £48.1m would cover about 333 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.