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DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1078217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Foundation provides grants to organisations that support projects promoting education, civil society and research that contribute to economic development and well-being in a plural, rational and tolerant society.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£205k
Latest spending
£587k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £15,055,100 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £14,716,936. The Trustees confirm that these free reserves are appropriate and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)
“There was one employee whose emoluments (including pensions) were in the range between £90,001 and £100,000” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was one employee whose emoluments (including pensions) were in the range between £90,001 and £100,000” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: unclear (held: £15.1m)
“The Trustees are satisfied that the level of free reserves held are appropriate.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£205k£587k
31/12/2024£334k£651k
31/12/2023£272k£956k
31/12/2022£154k£1.1m
31/12/2021£271k£1.1m

Common questions

Is DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £15,055,100 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £14,716,936. The Trustees confirm that these free reserves are appropriate and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HW Fisher Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION£205k£90,001 - £100,0001unclear—no doubt
KHOO TECK PUAT UK FOUNDATION FY2025£5.2m—0below—no doubt
THE PWC FOUNDATION FY2025£947k—0above—no doubt
PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PETERS FAMILY FOUNDATION CIO FY2025£243k—0within—no doubt
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£598k—0unclear—no doubt

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