Coutts Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Coutts Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08395296). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Coutts Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.7m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £316k to £1.3m (+300%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Coutts Charitable Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange (£1.3m), The Focolare Trust (£1.3m) and New Community Network (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91% and investments 9.0%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 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.