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Foundation

UK registered charity 1182710

Give half away.
Invest the other half.
Keep going for ever.

The Altor Foundation is funded by a share of the income of Altor Wealth Management. We make grants to UK charities now, and build a permanent endowment so the giving carries on long after that income stops.

See the 2025 grantsRead the annual report
£249k
Received in 2025, including Gift Aid
£18,210
Granted to six UK charities
£513,950
Endowment at 31 December 2025
£1,826
Total running costs - 0.7% of income

Why we exist

A share of the profits, given well

We divert a share of Altor Wealth's profits to charities with a large net impact, and we keep our own costs low so that almost all of it reaches them.

Each year we aim to give half our income away and invest the other half. The invested half is on track to reach £1m before the current partners retire, which should support grants of £20,000-£30,000 a year indefinitely.

In 2025 we gave away less than our 50% target and ended the year holding £221,961 in cash. The trustees intend to correct this by making more grants in 2026.

What we fund

Five things we want to change

  • Clean up our environment

  • Reduce waste

  • Green the energy mix

  • Alleviate poverty

  • Improve young people's health

We favour projects achieving two or more of these at once. We also consider charities personally supported by Altor Wealth clients and staff, by request.

Grants made in 2025

£18,210 across 6 UK charities

All grants by year

  • Save the Children

    £10,000

    Safeguarding children in Gaza during the conflict.

    Charity 213890

  • Tearfund

    £5,000

    Responding to the earthquake appeal for Afghanistan.

    Charity 265464

  • Sarcoma UK

    £1,000

    Supporting patients and families through a diagnosis of sarcoma, a soft-tissue cancer.

    Charity 1139869Suggested by a client or member of staff

  • Victoria's Promise

    £1,000

    Supporting local women diagnosed with cancer.

    Charity 1163573Suggested by a client or member of staff

Two further grants totalling £1,210 were made to charities suggested by Altor Wealth clients and staff. All six are listed in the 2025 annual report.

The endowment

£513,950

at 31 December 2025, against a target of £1,000,000

51% of the way there

2024: £260,418

Half of everything received is invested in the EQ Positive Impact All Equity fund, chosen to grow in value and to do measurable good while it does.

At £1m the endowment alone carries the grant programme. From then on the Foundation no longer depends on the income of Altor Wealth Management to keep giving.

Impact

What the endowment did in 2025

Attributable to our investment alone, as reported by the fund.

181t
CO2 avoided
1.3m litres
clean water provided
4.3m litres
waste water treated
10t
waste recycled
116MWh
renewable energy generated
9.1KW
renewable capacity installed
182
patients treated
407
medical interventions
278 hours
of education delivered
117
people reached with preventative healthcare
29
given access to financial services
5
given access to mobile networks

From the journal

Notes from the trustees

All posts

  • Governance

    Altor Foundation Annual Report 2024

    We are pleased to be able to share our Altor Foundation Annual Report 2024, which has been submitted to the Charities Commission.

    1 minute read

  • Grants

    Victoria's Promise

    As a team we decided to raise money for a very worthwhile, local cause.

    1 minute read

Reports and accounts

Everything we publish, in one place

The trustees are Matthew S Pitcher and Lucinda A Pitcher. The accounts are independently examined by Lefevres Chartered Accountants.

Know a charity we should look at?

Most of our smaller grants start as a suggestion from a client or member of staff at Altor Wealth.

Email the trustees