The Lady Forte Foundation

Analysis

The Lady Forte Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lady Forte Foundation reported income of £56k and spending of £56k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £21k to £56k (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Lady Forte Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The M S and L S Davies Charitable Trust (£56k), The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust (£56k) and Colnbrook Village Hall Trust (£56k).

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.