The George Drexler Foundation

Analysis

The George Drexler Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The George Drexler Foundation reported income of £275k and spending of £314k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £248k to £275k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The George Drexler Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chabad Lubavitch of Bristol (£274k), Liberty Church Rotherham (£275k) and World in Need International (£274k).

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.