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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about The Penchant Foundation?
Reported income · year ending 2025-06-30
£135,454
Reported spending · year ending 2025-06-30
£290,718
Registered charity number
1188402
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Cambridge
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes
Quick answer
The Penchant Foundation (number 1188402) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Penchant Foundation do?
The Penchant Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation that makes grants to charities selected by its Trustees. Charities may make applications to the Foundation but should understand that the Trustees give the majority of their grants to charities that they have already identified.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Penchant Foundation
Answers The Penchant Foundation gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 June 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Penchant Foundation's highest-paid staff paid?
The Penchant Foundation's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records The Penchant Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
The Penchant Foundation's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales · Scotland · Northern Ireland
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Penchant Foundation registered for?
General Charitable Purposes
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Penchant Foundation yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Penchant Foundation.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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What should you check before donating to The Penchant Foundation?
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The register data used for this profile lists The Penchant Foundation as a registered charity (number 1188402) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Penchant Foundation's charity number?
The Penchant Foundation's charity number is 1188402. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1188402?
Search 1188402 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Penchant Foundation do?
The Penchant Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation that makes grants to charities selected by its Trustees. Charities may make applications to the Foundation but should understand that the Trustees give the majority of their grants to charities that they have already identified.
Does The Penchant Foundation have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Penchant Foundation. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Penchant Foundation?
The Penchant Foundation does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is The Penchant Foundation's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Penchant Foundation's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Penchant Foundation?
The register records The Penchant Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Penchant Foundation's trustees paid?
The Penchant Foundation's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Penchant Foundation registered as a charity?
The Penchant Foundation was entered on the register on 6 March 2020.