The Merchant Taylors' Foundation

Analysis

The Merchant Taylors' 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 and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Merchant Taylors' Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £2.9m to £1.6m (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Merchant Taylors' Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Morley Agricultural Foundation (£1.6m), City Year UK (£1.7m) and The Heron Educational Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73% and investments 27%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m.