The Pearce Foundation

Analysis

The Pearce Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in April 2022, 4 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pearce Foundation reported income of £175k and spending of £19k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £130k to £175k (+35%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 3869%. Over the whole period it spent 53% 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 Pearce Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George Family Foundation (£175k), Waltham Forest Muslim Burial Trust (£175k) and The Julian Taylor Charitable Trust (£174k).