The Philip Oppenheimer Foundation

Analysis

The Philip Oppenheimer Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1985, 41 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.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Philip Oppenheimer Foundation reported income of £125k and spending of £79k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £130k to £125k (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Philip Oppenheimer Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashford Muslim Association (£124k), The Midcounties Co-Operative Community Fund (£125k) and G F Eyre Charitable Trust (£124k).