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CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON

Registered charity 1087167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£4.4m
Latest spending
£5.3m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £120,712,000, with unrestricted funds of £18,227,000 and free reserves of £14,071,000. The charity reports no fundraising costs as it does not conduct fundraising activity, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: conditional committed grants fulfilled; prudent management of housing services; funds for next year's grant making (held: £14.1m)
“The primary reasons for holding the reserves for the Charity is to ensure: • that the conditional committed grants are fulfilled; • prudent management of the housing services provided to beneficiaries in the event of a fall in housing income or other adverse event; and • that the funds for grant making for next year are available to ensure the ability to plan for further grants to beneficiaries.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£5.3m
Cost of raising funds
£307k
Reserves (reported)
£14.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~31.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.4m£5.3m
31/03/2024£4.7m£5.7m
31/03/2023£4.2m£7.0m
31/03/2022£3.5m£7.1m
31/03/2021£3.9m£5.4m

Common questions

Is CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON financially healthy?

The accounts state that net assets increased to £120,712,000, with unrestricted funds of £18,227,000 and free reserves of £14,071,000. The charity reports no fundraising costs as it does not conduct fundraising activity, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE1£1.1m
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£1k

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