The Watson Hope Foundation

Analysis

The Watson Hope 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 January 2026, The Watson Hope Foundation reported income of £63k and spending of £50k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £22k to £63k (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 145% 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 Watson Hope Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Howard Bulmer Charitable Trust (£63k), C and G Fund Limited (£63k) and The Mayor of Merton's Charitable Trust (£63k).