THE RALPH AND MERIEL RICHARDSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1074030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RICHARDSON FOUNDATION

The support of established actors and actresses and their families who are experiencing seriously hard times.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF BRITISH ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO HAVE PROFESSIONALLY PRACTISED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE THEATRICAL ARTS (ON STAGE RADIO OR TELEVISION) AND THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £105,159 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward amounting to £3,655,767. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, although investment market performance remains a significant area of uncertainty. The charity is classified as small under company law provisions and is exempt from audit.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03674554

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HALL, Edward Peter — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
• LE TOUZEL TEALE, Sylvestra — director, appointed 28/01/2026not on trustee list
• MCKENNA, Lawrence James — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
• FOX, Frederick Samson Morice — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• GRACE, Nickolas Andrew Halliwell — director, appointed 08/11/2017on trustee list
• COSEC SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 02/06/2026

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Peter Hall
• Frederick Samson Robert Morice Fox
• Lawrence James McKenna
• Nickolas Grace
• Sylvestra Le Touzel Teale

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• RICHMOND TRUST FUND income £220k
• THE FAMILY RICH CHARITIES TRUST income £138k
• ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
• THE ROYAL THEATRICAL FUND income £679k
• T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £427k
• MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

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