THE ANDERSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1063380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of sickness and poverty. Benefit of the environment and support of educational and medical works and other charities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND POVERTY OF PERSONS AND TO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL CHARITABLE WORKS AND CHARITIES.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves decreased to £490,698 from £639,459 in the prior year, with unrestricted funds falling to £390,442. The Trustees report no material uncertainties regarding going concern and believe adequate resources exist for the foreseeable future. The charity incurred a net expenditure of £148,761, largely driven by donations made to other charities.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Anderson Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK ANDERSONchair
• Andrew John Jay

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

Operates in: Essex · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ANDREW ANDERSON TRUST.

• ANDREW ANDERSON TRUST income £372k
• THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION income £236k
• THE DANSON FOUNDATION income £32k
• THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £506k
• THE ALAN SUGAR FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• ASHKELON FOUNDATION income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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