The Felix Byam Shaw Foundation

Analysis

The Felix Byam Shaw Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Felix Byam Shaw Foundation reported income of £178k and spending of £51k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,769 to £178k (+2985%), an average of +136% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 1006%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Felix Byam Shaw Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lichfield Foodbank (£178k), Billingshurst Family Church (£178k) and Chinese Church Support Ministries (£177k).