EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1026062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£997k

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £1,535,000, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure, resulting in an increase in net assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£997k

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£178k

Reserves (reported)

£36.5m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 17.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID LESLIE TAMSchair
CHRISTOPHER PAUL BLAKESLEY
Dr CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH BLAKESLEY
Julian David Tams
LUDLOW TRUST COMPANY LTD · trustee of 140 other charities
RICHARD FREDERICK ADKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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
31/03/2025	£997k	£1.3m
31/03/2024	£942k	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£691k	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£563k	£1.4m
31/03/2021	£593k	£1.0m

Common questions

Is EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £1,535,000, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure, resulting in an increase in net assets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £109k
THE DISCWORLD FOUNDATION income £173k
THE EDWARD & CATHERINE WRAY CHARITABLE TRUST income £193k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £486k
PAULINE MEREDITH CHARITABLE TRUST income £185k
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST income £99k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION	£997k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DISCWORLD FOUNDATION FY2025	£173k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EDWARD & CATHERINE WRAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£193k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£486k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PAULINE MEREDITH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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