The Thornton Foundation

Analysis

The Thornton Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in July 1983, 43 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 2026, The Thornton Foundation reported income of £87k and spending of £143k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £67k to £87k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Thornton Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Meyrick Charitable Trust (£86k), The Minekte Foundation (£87k) and Great Dunmow and District Round Table Charitable Trust (£86k).