Jack Petchey Foundation

Analysis

Jack Petchey Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10872145). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Jack Petchey Foundation reported income of £11.3m and spending of £11.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7.6m to £11.3m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Jack Petchey Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association (£11.2m), Henshaws Society for Blind People (£11.4m) and The Edmund Trust (£11.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £9.1m. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.