The Author's Foundation

Analysis

The Author's Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Author's Foundation reported income of £233k and spending of £445k, spending 191% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £184k to £233k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 196% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Author's Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Preservation Society (£233k), The Hampshire County Federation of Women's Institutes (£233k) and Huguenot Heritage Centre (£232k).

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.