The Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2017, 9 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £126k, leaving 90% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £812k to £1.3m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 6.5% 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 Jan and Catherine Nasmyth Charitable 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 The British and Irish Churches Trust Limited (£1.3m), The Charity Service Limited (£1.3m) and Persula Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79% and investments 21%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £96k. Reserves of £8.3m would cover about 677 months of spending at that rate.