THE ROALD DAHL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1004230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROALD DAHL'S MARVELLOUS CHILDREN'S CHARITY

The Roald Dahl Foundation is a grant making trust which aims to help children and young people in practical ways and in two areas which were of such personal interest and significance to Roald Dahl: neurology and haematology.The Foundation makes grants to hospitals, charities and individual children, and their families, in the UK.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Merged into ROALD DAHL'S MARVELLOUS CHILDREN'S CHARITY (charity 1137409) — merger registered 05/09/2011.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£343k
Latest spending
£327k
Registered
1991

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2010

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2009

  • Volunteers: 11

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2008

  • Volunteers: 11

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2010)

Total income
£577k
Total spending
£737k
Reserves (reported)
£269k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2012——
31/03/2011£343k£327k
31/03/2010£577k£737k
31/03/2009£751k£744k
31/03/2008£814k£685k