The Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08524472). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £1.9m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £220k to £2.5m (+1029%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1361%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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 Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Trust Foundation (£2.5m), The Katherine Martin Charitable Trust (£2.5m) and The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 90% and donations and legacies 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £258k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £26.7m would cover about 152 months of spending at that rate.