Michael Guest Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Michael Guest Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in November 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Michael Guest Charitable Foundation reported income of £202k and spending of £361k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £202k (+534%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 351%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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, Michael Guest Charitable Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mumford Memorial Trust (£201k), The PG & NJ Boulton Trust Limited (£202k) and The Shelford Feast (£200k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.