Jeremy Coller Foundation

Analysis

Jeremy Coller Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09696841). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Jeremy Coller Foundation reported income of £32.5m and spending of £14.8m, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £56.2m to £32.5m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jeremy Coller Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside (£32.2m), This Day Foundation (£33.7m) and WS Epworth Investment Funds for Charities (£31.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 9.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.4m. Reserves of £8.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.