THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1090668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation supports related charities, education organisations and students.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE FUNDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PERSONS WHO WISH TO MAKE THE THEATRE THEIR CAREER AND WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE FEES OF THE NECESSARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THE SUPPORT OF THEATRICAL CHARITIES AND TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINES

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted funds of £139,547, having seen a net increase of £41,978 during the year. The trustees report that they do not consider there to be a need to require a set amount to be held in reserve, treating the balance of unrestricted income funds as free reserves. The charity is funded primarily by donations and legacies, with no active fundraising undertaken.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Thaw
• Flavia Rittner
• HELEN COTTERILL
• Julie Linda Martine Legrand
• Lola Isobel Byam Shaw
• Neil Vivian Bartlett
• SHEILA HANCOCK

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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Side by side with its peers

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