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The Fore

The Fore Impact Report 2025/26

The Fore backs exceptional small charities and social enterprises across the UK with unrestricted grants, skills and networks. Its 2025/26 impact report shows recovery across the portfolio after a year of taking stock, with grant-making of 1.73 million pounds and growing evidence that grassroots solutions it backs achieve nationwide impact.

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The Fore is a UK charity that finds and funds exceptional small charities and social enterprises, providing unrestricted grants alongside skills training and access to networks. Based in London, it works UK-wide to help grassroots solutions grow and achieve nationwide impact.

Key Metrics

Grants distributed 1.73 million pounds was distributed through 40 grants to exceptional charities and social enterprises across the UK.
Beneficiaries reached Beneficiaries reached across the portfolio rose 25% to 1.5 million in total.
Programmes offered Programmes offered by backed organisations rose 25% to 2,505 in total, after a 19% decrease the previous year.
Stretch targets The portfolio achieved an 81% average score against transformational stretch targets.
Nationwide impact 31% of charities backed between 2017 and 2023 have achieved nationwide impact, rising to 50% of those backed in 2019/20.

Key Outcomes

  • Small charities and social enterprises gained unrestricted funding plus the skills and networks their leaders need to thrive and reach their potential.
  • Grassroots solutions backed by The Fore scaled towards nationwide impact, supporting a society that solves its own problems.

Geography

UK-Wide

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