FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1087053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION PLC, FRIENDS PROVIDENT FOUNDATION

The Foundation's overarching aim is to transform the use of financial systems into an informed activity that offers social as well as economic benefits, alleviating social disharmony and inequality.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £21,410,306, with a stated policy to hold three to six months' operating costs estimated at £700,000 to £1,400,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,816,633 after investment gains, resulting in a reduction of total net assets from £24.26 million to £21.44 million. Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £102,088 (FY2024) to £106,602 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~62.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (57% 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: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline May Taylorchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Abraham Alexander Baldry
• Ann Piyolin Don Bosco
• Jennifer Coleman-Peers · trustee of 2 other charities
• Luke David Sandford
• Mofeyisayo Ayomidun Ayodele
• Natalie Nicholles Anquetil
• Paul Barnabas Blyth
• Priya Alok Gupta · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephanie Cynthia Maier

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• THE PURI FOUNDATION income £5.3m
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• THE FOCUS FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• FRIENDS OF B'EZRI income £788k
• THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION income £267k
• SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £158k

Side by side with its peers

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