CANOPI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1075749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT RED DOT FOUNDATION, BRIGHT RED DOT FOUNDATION LIMITED, CAC-COMMUNITY ACTION CENTRE, CAN - COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK, COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK, THE HELEN TAYLOR THOMPSON FOUNDATION LIMITED

Canopi supports charities and social organisations to improve their efficiency in direct pursuit of their social impact. Canopi works with it's network of third sector, corporate and public sector partners to support organisations looking to 'scale up' or expand, create efficiencies or preparing for investment, through provision of capital, skill, training and information.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,860,545, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £500,000. The group reported a net surplus for the year, driven by the sale of a freehold property and investment gains, while maintaining adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 3” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 3

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 3” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £500,000 (held: £16.9m)

“The Trustees approved a Reserves Policy in 2012 and agreed to aim to maintain consolidated free reserves of £500,000 in cash or assets that are easily converted into cash.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Marketing services received from a company where a trustee is part of the senior management team.

“During the year, the charitable company incurred costs of £86,117 (2024: £6,874) for marketing services received from a company where a trustee is part of the senior management team.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Charity Commission issued a Notice of Intention to issue an Official Warning under section 75A of the Charities Act 2011 due to a breach of trust regarding trustee hiring procedures.

“On 18 August 2025, the Charity Commission issued Canopi Foundation with a Notice of Intention to issue an Official Warning under section 75A of the Charities Act 2011. The Warning stated that, in the Commission's view, there had been a breach of trust in relation to obtaining the Commission's permission to hire a trustee, as required by the charity's Articles of Association.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Russell Thompson — Chair (source)
Marc Greene — Chief Executive (source)
Fiona Edwards — Director (source)
Maria Maros — Director (source)
Chris Hazell — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £7.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.7m

Reserves (reported)

£500k

Employees

11

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Russell Holmes Thompsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Dayna Ferdinandi · trustee of 3 other charities
Jyotsna Jagmohan Chandrani · trustee of 2 other charities
Pete MacIntyre · trustee of 3 other charities
Reem Al Rasheed · trustee of 1 other charity
Soumya Brata Guha · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.8m	£2.7m
31/03/2024	£2.9m	£4.9m
31/03/2023	£2.5m	£3.3m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£2.8m
31/03/2021	£3.5m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is CANOPI FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,860,545, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £500,000. The group reported a net surplus for the year, driven by the sale of a freehold property and investment gains, while maintaining adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CANOPI FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2005	£4k	Empowering youth through social entreprise
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/06/2004	£242k	Consortium Application to deliver strategic financial support to Grant Hold
Northern Rock Foundation	09/05/2000	£90k	Grant awarded to Bright Red Dot Foundation (Tyne & Wear)

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
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION	1	£1.6m
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£25k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
LIVING WELL UK	1	£14k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	1	£7k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	1	£6k
THE PWC FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANOPI FOUNDATION 1.

CANOPI FOUNDATION 1 income £1.7m
SHAREDIMPACT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £326k
THE OCTOPUS FOUNDATION income £329k
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION income £1.1m
PONOSI FOUNDATION income £144k
THE PURI FOUNDATION income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CANOPI FOUNDATION	£2.8m	£70,001 - £80,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
CANOPI FOUNDATION 1 FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SHAREDIMPACT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£326k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE OCTOPUS FOUNDATION FY2025	£329k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PONOSI FOUNDATION FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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