The Goldsmiths' Foundation

Analysis

The Goldsmiths' Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11048746). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Goldsmiths' Foundation reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.6m to £4.1m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 174% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Goldsmiths' Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Countryside Fund (£4.1m), M and R Gross Charities Limited (£4.1m) and The Freedom Fund UK (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 98% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.3m. Reserves of £4.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.