The Apollo Foundation

Analysis

The Apollo Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Apollo Foundation reported income of £408k and spending of £542k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £487k to £408k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Apollo Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churches Conservation (£408k), Football Unites Racism Divides Educational Trust (£409k) and Ad Infinitum Productions CIO (£407k).