The Douglas Pennant Family Foundation

Analysis

The Douglas Pennant Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Douglas Pennant Family Foundation reported income of £44k and spending of £57k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £44k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 156% 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 Douglas Pennant Family Foundation sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colne Village Hall (£44k), The Rushworth Foundation (£44k) and Prestatyn North West Community Association (£44k).

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.