Thomas Deacon Foundation

Analysis

Thomas Deacon Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in August 1962, 64 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 March 2025, Thomas Deacon Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £2,969, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,963 to £11k (+270%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Thomas Deacon 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Park Grove Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£11k), Maidstone Unit 229 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£11k) and Nevill's Workhouse Educational Foundation (£11k).