The Noel Coward Foundation

Analysis

The Noel Coward Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Noel Coward Foundation reported income of £361k and spending of £504k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £462k to £361k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, The Noel Coward Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highlights Productions (£361k), The Historic England Foundation (£361k) and Go Purple Limited (£361k).

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.