The du Plessis Family Foundation

Analysis

The du Plessis Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The du Plessis Family Foundation reported income of £100k and spending of £187k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £82k to £100k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 180% 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, The du Plessis Family Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Koolesh Shah Family Foundation (£100k), Mosborough Miners' Welfare Trust (£100k) and The Wogen Anniversary Trust (£100k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.