Sir John Williams Foundation

Analysis

Sir John Williams Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sir John Williams Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,046 to £11k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sir John Williams Foundation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ysgol Cynfran Llysfaen (£11k), Lambs Lane Parent-Teacher Association (£11k) and Welford Educational Trust (Incorporating Welford Church of England School and School House Trust) (£11k).