The Constance Paterson Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Constance Paterson Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 Constance Paterson Charitable Foundation reported income of £52k and spending of £60k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £53k to £52k (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 Constance Paterson Charitable Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rycroft Children's Fund (£52k), Rotary Club of Frome Charitable Trust (£52k) and The Co-Masonic Benevolent Fund (£52k).