Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Overview

UK charitable foundation. Its CIO has confirmed approximately 35% of the endowment is allocated to private equity, biased toward venture capital and growth funds (many US-based), with a 10+ year illiquidity horizon -- a genuinely active institutional PE/VC allocator. The endowment's inflation-adjusted "real value" was £1.381 billion as of year-end 2025 (exact day not disclosed); a separate CIO-interview figure of £1.93bn appears to be a different, mark-to-market measure and was not used as the primary figure.

Key Facts

Type

Foundation