The Lord Forte Foundation

Analysis

The Lord Forte Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Lord Forte Foundation reported income of £84k and spending of £98k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £76k to £84k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Lord Forte Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horsted Keynes Pre-School (£84k), Snettisham Bobtails (£84k) and Springboard Preschool (£84k).