Jerwood Foundation

Analysis

Jerwood Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ludlow. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13515955). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Jerwood Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £34.1m to £1.3m (-96%), an average of -66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 6925%. Over the whole period it spent 7.9% 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, Jerwood Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Core & Co Foundation (£1.3m), Grand Union Arts CIO (£1.3m) and Rio Ferdinand Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £954k. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.