The Priory Foundation

Analysis

The Priory Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1987, 39 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 December 2025, The Priory Foundation reported income of £160k and spending of £246k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £170k to £160k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 153% 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 Priory Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Globe and Laurel Magazine (£160k), The Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust (£160k) and The Killik & Co Partnership Charitable Trust (£159k).

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.