Foundation For Future London

Analysis

Foundation For Future London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09483822). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Foundation For Future London reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £812k to £1.5m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Foundation For Future London sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Centre for Writing (£1.5m), Shoreditch Town Hall Trust (£1.5m) and The Norden Farm Centre Trust Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%, trading 8.6% and investments 6.3%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.