The John Slater Foundation

Analysis

The John Slater Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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 August 2025, The John Slater Foundation reported income of £213k and spending of £227k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £126k to £213k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 144% 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 John Slater Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kurt and Magda Stern Foundation (£213k), RJ and Ah Daniels Charitable Trust (£214k) and The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust (£213k).

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.