ANNE FRANK TRUST UK
Registered charity 1003279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANNE FRANK EDUCATIONAL TRUST UK, THE ANNE FRANK TRUST UK · also registered in Scotland as SC040488 (OSCR)
Learning from Anne Frank and the Holocaust, we empower young people aged 9 to 15 to challenge all forms of prejudice.
Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a small planned deficit of £41,893 for the year, with total income falling to £1.6 million from £1.8 million in the previous year due to government funding cuts. Despite this, unrestricted reserves remain healthy at £579,627, which is within the trustees' stated policy target of holding between three and six months of core operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of core operating costs (held: £580k)
“The trustees have maintained their existing reserves policy which states that between three and six months of core operating costs are held in unrestricted reserves.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2023) to "within" (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Anne Frank Trust UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dan Green — Chief Executive (source)
- Nicola Cobbold — Chair (source)
- Bernard Howard — Vice Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Anne Frank Fonds — “We are grateful for the support of the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel, Switzerland. Founded by Anne’s father Otto, the Fonds (or foundation) is r…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£328k
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 20.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- BERNARD HOWARD
- Borge Andreassen
- EMMA LOUISE HAYMAN
- Fayga Brisman-Taylor
- Mike Bettles
- Miranda Wayland · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nicola Jane Wade
- Nicola Josephine Cobbold
- Ruth Leah Fenton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ANNE FRANK TRUST UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small planned deficit of £41,893 for the year, with total income falling to £1.6 million from £1.8 million in the previous year due to government funding cuts. Despite this, unrestricted reserves remain healthy at £579,627, which is within the trustees' stated policy target of holding between three and six months of core operating costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP.
Who funds ANNE FRANK TRUST UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ANNE FRANK TRUST UK as a grant recipient include THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, This Day Foundation, THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION, OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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