The Michael and Ilse Katz Foundation

Analysis

The Michael and Ilse Katz Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Michael and Ilse Katz Foundation reported income of £137k and spending of £143k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £118k to £137k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Michael and Ilse Katz Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Accm (UK) (£137k), Outhwaite Charitable Trust (£138k) and A2b (£137k).