Plunkett Foundation

Analysis

Plunkett Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodstock. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00213235). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Plunkett Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.2m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Plunkett Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Local Economic Strategies Limited (£1.2m), Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire Ltd (£1.2m) and One-Eighty Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, trading 12%, donations and legacies 3.0% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.