THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1041634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's principal objective is to promote charitable purposes within British Isles & the Republic of Ireland by the provision of financial grants to other charitable bodies. The funds will be directed to selected projects to support the education of young people (up to the age of 16) or to ameliorate their physical and emotional environment. The charity does not accept unsolicited proposals

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE COMPANY IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME SEE 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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets stood at £19,532,932, with investments valued at £19,461,439. The trustees confirm that funds are adequate to fulfil the charity's obligations, noting that the main risk is investment return fluctuation which is managed through diversification.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alannah Elizabeth Cochrane
• Beau Eidson
• Charlotte Weston
• Christian Bauta
• Melissa Baron Murdoch
• Serena Mitchell
• Tamara Lila Rebanks

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

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

Income and spending

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• PETER LATHOM (INCLUDING THE LATHOM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION) income £57k
• THE DEBRA REISS FOUNDATION income £413k
• THE HOLROYD FOUNDATION income £21k
• THE ST HILDA'S TRUST income £89k
• THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND income £558k
• ALRIDHA FOUNDATION income £127k

Side by side with its peers

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