The Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 Gatsby Charitable Foundation reported income of £95.5m and spending of £144.4m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £60.4m to £95.5m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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 Gatsby Charitable Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Autism Initiatives Group (£93.1m), The Royal National Institute of Blind People (£95.9m) and Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) (£91.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76% and investments 24%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £119.7m. It employed 10 people.

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.