ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED

Registered charity 1002705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAC FOUNDATION, RAC FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING, RAC FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING AND THE ENVIRONMENT LIMITED, RAC FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED

THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING IS A TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION WHICH EXPLORES ISSUES RELATING TO ROADS AND THEIR USERS. THE FOUNDATION PUBLISHES INDEPENDENT AND AUTHORITATIVE RESEARCH WITH WHICH IT PROMOTES INFORMED DEBATE AND ADVOCATES POLICY IN THE INTEREST OF THE RESPONSIBLE MOTORIST. .

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Latest income

£772k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation is funded primarily by investment returns from an expendable endowment, with unrestricted reserves standing at £4,985,857. The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by a net asset position of £39,921,944.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: generate sufficient income to cover proposed (budgeted) expenditure in-year (held: £5.0m)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain in the long term the real value of the expendable endowment fund and also to generate sufficient income to cover proposed (budgeted) expenditure in-year.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£772k

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£93k

Reserves (reported)

£5.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~53.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Neville Jacksonchair
BEN CUSSONS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dave Hobday
Duncan Wiltshire
Joanna Mary Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Maley
Sujith Kollamthodi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£772k	£1.1m
31/12/2024	£771k	£977k
31/12/2023	£994k	£1.0m
31/12/2022	£482k	£996k
31/12/2021	£580k	£1.2m

Common questions

Is ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation is funded primarily by investment returns from an expendable endowment, with unrestricted reserves standing at £4,985,857. The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by a net asset position of £39,921,944. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST	FY2024	£194k	Road Traffic Injury impacts of Clean Air Zones/Low Emission Zones
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST	FY2025	£110k	Understanding Vehicle Safety Inequalities In Great Britain

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIA FOUNDATION.

FIA FOUNDATION income £9.5m
THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED income £6.5m
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ROAD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT income £148k
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION income £87k
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION income £977k
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST income £102.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED	£772k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FIA FOUNDATION FY2025	£9.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED FY2025	£6.5m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	above	—	no doubt
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ROAD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FY2025	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAFER ROADS FOUNDATION FY2025	£87k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FY2025	£977k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.