The Eranda Rothschild Foundation

Analysis

The Eranda Rothschild Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1968, 58 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. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Eranda Rothschild Foundation reported income of £5.7m and spending of £8.5m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £5.7m (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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 Eranda Rothschild Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mainstay Foundation (£5.7m), Queenscourt Hospice (£5.8m) and Treetops Hospice Trust (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £7.9m. Reserves of £26.8m would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.