The Vandervell Foundation

Analysis

The Vandervell Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Vandervell Foundation reported income of £214k and spending of £470k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £248k to £214k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 192% 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 Vandervell 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 Elm Tree Trust (£214k), The Emanuel Vincent Harris Trust (£214k) and Bonamy Charitable Trust (£214k).

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.