The Penchant Foundation

Analysis

The Penchant Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2025, The Penchant Foundation reported income of £135k and spending of £291k, spending 215% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £29k to £135k (+372%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 744%. Over the whole period it spent 239% 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 Penchant Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Free UK Genealogy (£135k), A2b (£137k) and Kington Horse Show and Agricultural Society (£135k).

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.