The Travers Foundation

Analysis

The Travers Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08277339). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Travers Foundation reported income of £42k and spending of £47k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £33k to £42k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, The Travers Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thomas William Varley Roe Deceased (£42k), The Dorchester and District U3a (£42k) and Tops on Stage (£42k).