The Guy Foundation Family Trust

Analysis

The Guy Foundation Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beaminster. It was registered in June 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 April 2025, The Guy Foundation Family Trust reported income of £646k and spending of £371k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,032 to £646k (+12741%), an average of +237% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 9988%. Over the whole period it spent 174% 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 Guy Foundation Family Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charles Russell Speechlys Foundation (£639k), Fat Face Foundation (£647k) and The Weinstock Fund (£636k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £120k. Reserves of £143k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.