Graduate Fashion Foundation

Analysis

Graduate Fashion Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Graduate Fashion Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.0m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £502k to £1.3m (+168%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Graduate Fashion 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 Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust (£1.3m), The Normandy Memorial Trust Ltd (£1.3m) and Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77% and charitable activities 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £400k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Reserves of £348k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.