The Linder Foundation

Analysis

The Linder Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Trull. It was registered in July 1974, 52 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 organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Linder Foundation reported income of £518k and spending of £603k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £654k to £518k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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 Linder Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Utley Family Charitable Trust (£516k), The Alison Hillman Charitable Trust (£518k) and The Sinclair Charity (£514k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £457k. Reserves of £71k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.

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.