The Budding Foundation

Analysis

The Budding Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancing. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Budding Foundation reported income of £43k and spending of £27k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £51k to £43k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Budding 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 The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation (£43k), Brill Memorial Hall (£43k) and The British Flute Society (£43k).