The Pym Foundation

Analysis

The Pym Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pym Foundation reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £17k to £14k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Pym Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beaulieu Village Hall Trust (£14k), The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust (£14k) and The Adel Community Centre (£14k).