The Fyrish Foundation

Analysis

The Fyrish Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fyrish Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £3.5m, spending 279% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £738k to £1.2m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 849%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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 Fyrish 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 Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd (£1.2m), The Mallinckrodt Foundation (£1.2m) and The Forrester Family Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.2m. Reserves of £63.4m would cover about 218 months of spending at that rate.