The Altenburg Foundation

Analysis

The Altenburg Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Altenburg Foundation reported income of £253k and spending of £341k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £253k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1640%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Altenburg Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle Benfield Juniors Football Club (£253k), Youth Dream (Selsey) Limited (£253k) and South Shields FC Foundation Limited (£252k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.