PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1019274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aims of the foundation are the relief of poverty and the effects of disability and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community. The Trustees often seek to make donations directly to those in need of support, either as individuals or small charities where the benefit can be directly received.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND/OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES IN SUCH PROPOTIONS OF THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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 · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£485k
Latest spending
£280k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant total funds of £11,791,415, comprising an Endowment Fund of £11,612,171 and a General Fund surplus of £179,244. Although the General Fund had a negative position in the prior year, the trustees are confident that income from the endowment will return it to a positive position, allowing the charity to continue as a going concern without adverse impact.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: It is the policy of the trustees to disburse funds within a reasonable time of them being received. At present, the Foundation has no significant overheads and no ongoing commitments. Should these conditions change, a general funds reserves policy will be implemented. (reserves figure: £179k)
“It is the policy of the trustees to disburse funds within a reasonable time of them being received. At present, the Foundation has no significant overheads and no ongoing commitments. Should these conditions change, a general funds reserves policy will be implemented.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dividend from subsidiary
“As part of the dissolution, a dividend of £240,517 was paid to The Padwa Charitable Foundation by Walpole Group Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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 30/09/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 04/11/2026, 97 days after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 08/02/2024, 193 days after the 30/07/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

WALPOLE GROUP LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Debtors include £1,000,000 owed by group undertakings.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£485k£280k
30/09/2024£244k£166k
30/09/2023£244k£166k
30/09/2022£150k£251k
30/09/2021£70k£72k

Common questions

Is PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant total funds of £11,791,415, comprising an Endowment Fund of £11,612,171 and a General Fund surplus of £179,244. Although the General Fund had a negative position in the prior year, the trustees are confident that income from the endowment will return it to a positive position, allowing the charity to continue as a going concern without adverse impact. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MUKUL MADHAV FOUNDATION UK1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£485k—0unclear—no doubt
PATHAK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2026£29k—0above—no doubt
PINGALWARA CHARITABLE SOCIETY UK FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION MATTERS FY2025£366k—0unclear—no doubt

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