Fonthill Foundation

Analysis

Fonthill Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01168472). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Fonthill Foundation reported income of £107k and spending of £2.4m, spending 2214% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £162k to £107k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 616% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Fonthill Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Corner Pre- School (£107k), The Sombornes' Pre-School (£107k) and Southern Cross Community Playgroup (£107k).

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.