THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1094102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation benefits such charitable purposes, charitable institutions or charitable foundations in such proportions as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit. It is a grant making charity and the Trustees seek their own causes to support. Please note unsolicited approaches will not be considered.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£9.9m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £nil at the year end, as the charity's funds are entirely represented by an expendable endowment fund which the trustees can draw upon as needed. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £(3,405,827) for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding investment income, though total net assets remained substantial at £202,313,170.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£9.9m
Reserves (reported)
£202.3m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£4.3m£9.9m
05/04/2024£4.9m£11.0m
05/04/2023£4.3m£53.3m
05/04/2022£51.6m£9.1m
05/04/2021£4.6m£3.5m

Common questions

Is THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £nil at the year end, as the charity's funds are entirely represented by an expendable endowment fund which the trustees can draw upon as needed. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £(3,405,827) for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding investment income, though total net assets remained substantial at £202,313,170. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac 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
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£9k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION£4.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£202k—0below—no doubt
THE MELETE FOUNDATION FY2024£157k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE MICHAEL HELLER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£271k—0unclear—no doubt

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