THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES

Registered charity 1071117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FONS

The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) is a charitable company established to advance education among the members of the nursing profession and to embed research into practice. FoNS believes all individuals should experience health and social care as person-centred, safe and effective. This includes those who are receiving care and those who are giving care.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£901k

Latest spending

£845k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £79,976 for the year, repairing the previous year's deficit. Free reserves (unrestricted funds) stood at £399,290, providing a cover of 8.7 months against overhead and staff costs, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned over £60,000 and within the band £90-£100,000 excluding employer pension contributions” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six to nine months of overhead and staff costs (held: £399k)

“The new policy aims for a cover of six to nine months. The unrestricted funds (including designated funds), which in the case of the Foundation, equate to the ‘free reserves’ of the charity, amounted to £399,290”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haines Watts. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income

£901k

Total spending

£845k

Cost of raising funds

£4k

Reserves (reported)

£399k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jo Pritchardchair
Alison Haughton
Caroline Jane Alexander
Dr Kuldip Bharj
Dr MARION LYNCH
Nicola Tamanis
Timothy Robert Callaghan
Venetia Wynter-Blyth

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
31/01/2025	£901k	£845k
31/01/2024	£562k	£672k
31/01/2023	£685k	£599k
31/01/2022	£351k	£452k
31/01/2021	£302k	£349k

Common questions

Is THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £79,976 for the year, repairing the previous year's deficit. Free reserves (unrestricted funds) stood at £399,290, providing a cover of 8.7 months against overhead and staff costs, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haines Watts.

Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES as a grant recipient include THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING, THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING	FY2021	£306k	Extension to the Inspire Improvement Fellowship programme
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING	FY2024	£200k	Three year programme to develop 24 nursing and midwifery personcentred culture change facilitators
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£18k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£970k
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS	1	£274k
THE MARCELA TRUST	1	£150k
THE COMPANY OF NURSES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£57k
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£45k
MISSION44	1	£34k
THE BAND TRUST	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FOUNDATION.

THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FOUNDATION income £3.9m
THE RCN FOUNDATION income £1.7m
THE FOUNDATION TRUST NETWORK income £9.0m
The Hanoon Foundation income £781k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £19.2m
FOUNDATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS income £371k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES	£901k	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE RCN FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION TRUST NETWORK FY2025	£9.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
The Hanoon Foundation FY2023	£781k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES FY2025	£19.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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