The Witheren Foundation

Analysis

The Witheren Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2021, 5 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 Witheren Foundation reported income of £493k and spending of £494k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £63k to £493k (+680%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 251%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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 Witheren Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include David Lister Charitable Trust (£492k), Citizens Advice Surrey Heath (£497k) and Shri Radhe Foundation (£491k).

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.