Foundry Training Trust

Analysis

Foundry Training Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kington. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Foundry Training Trust reported income of £118k and spending of £142k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £118k (+507%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 414%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Foundry Training Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scarborough Trinity House Seafarers' Trust (£118k), The Abbeyfield Deptford Society Limited (£118k) and The Hope Keith Villagers Trust (£117k).