The Tottenham Grammar School Foundation
Analysis
The Tottenham Grammar School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending August 2025, The Tottenham Grammar School Foundation reported income of £514k and spending of £1.5m, spending 296% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £400k to £514k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 298% of the income it received.
Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Tottenham Grammar School Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peckham Platform Ltd (£514k), Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch (£514k) and East Riding Theatre Limited (£513k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m.
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Investments 100%
In the charity's own words
The Foundation promotes the education of persons under the age of 25 years who or whose parents are resident in the London Borough of Haringey or who have at any time attended as a pupil at a school in that Borough and who are in need of financial assistance. It also provides benefits at maintained schools and colleges in the Borough which are not normally provided by the LEA or Governing Body.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Peckham Platform Ltd | Peckham Platform | £514k |
| Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch | Aberystwyth | £514k |
| East Riding Theatre Limited | Beverley | £513k |
| Hesters Way Partnership Ltd | Cheltenham | £515k |