Ben Gurion University Foundation

Analysis

Ben Gurion University Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01376848). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ben Gurion University Foundation reported income of £767k and spending of £1.0m, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £767k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ben Gurion University Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (£766k), Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd (£769k) and Health Care Supply Association (£766k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £929k. Reserves of £369k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 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.