The Foundation is a leading producer of children's television based at The Maidstone Studios in Kent (South East England). The company was established by Vanessa Hill and Ged Allen in 1994 and became part of Zodiak Media in 2006. The Foundation has an expertise in pre-school, drama, comedy, factual and family entertainment and has produced content for a variety of broadcasters from all around the world.  In the last two years The Foundation has also firmly established itself as an up and coming animation producer.

The company, which also has offices in Scotland, has a small core team and hires whole teams of production staff for individual productions on a demand basis.