The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation

Analysis

The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation reported income of £149k and spending of £238k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58k to £149k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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 Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Recorder Players (£148k), Limehouse Town Hall Consortium Trust (£149k) and Exeter Philharmonic Choir (£148k).