The Give a Duck Foundation

Analysis

The Give a Duck Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in December 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Give a Duck Foundation reported income of £227k and spending of £178k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £82k to £227k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Give a Duck Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Rendcomb College (£227k), The Ewelme Exhibition Foundation (£227k) and The Guide Association Derbyshire (£227k).