The Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Foundation

Analysis

The Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-on-Thames. It was registered in July 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Foundation reported income of £80k and spending of £83k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £70k to £80k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Khandel Light (£80k), Sporting Wellness (£80k) and Star Housing (£80k).

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.