The Investindustrial Foundation

Analysis

The Investindustrial Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10039557). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Investindustrial Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.5m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £744k to £1.3m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1227%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Investindustrial Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fourth Monkey Education Limited (£1.3m), Llenyddiaeth Cymru - Literature Wales (£1.3m) and Cwmni Plas Glyn'y-Weddw Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m.