Samuel Gurney Foundation

Analysis

Samuel Gurney Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in July 1963, 63 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 October 2025, Samuel Gurney Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £12k to £13k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Samuel Gurney Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Keene Family Charitable Trust (£13k), Panfield Community Association (£13k) and Rotary Club Putney Charity Fund (£13k).