Icaew Foundation

Analysis

Icaew Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Icaew Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.2m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Icaew Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Geographical Association (£1.2m), everyFAMILY Limited (£1.2m) and Nicholas Chamberlaine's School Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68% and investments 32%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £445k. Reserves of £20.3m would cover about 175 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 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.