Telles Foundation

Analysis

Telles Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09578830). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Telles Foundation reported income of £10.3m and spending of £17.3m, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,104 to £10.3m (+487392%), an average of +736% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 786606%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Telles Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Millennium Point Trust (£9.6m), Safelives (£10.6m) and Crimestoppers Trust (£8.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £16.8m.