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FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE

Registered charity 1096607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,093,281, which is within its stated policy target of maintaining a surplus in the range of £50,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £39,172 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,051,401 against total expenditure of £1,012,229.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a surplus in the range of £50,000 (held: £1.1m)
“The charity works towards keeping a surplus in the range of £50,000 for unforeseen financial circumstances at the end of each year.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fountains of Knowledge (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£50k
Employees
59

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2024£959k£908k
31/03/2023£807k£712k
31/03/2022£682k£580k
31/03/2021£635k£445k

Common questions

Is FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,093,281, which is within its stated policy target of maintaining a surplus in the range of £50,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £39,172 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,051,401 against total expenditure of £1,012,229. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.4m
THE ADDERSTONE FOUNDATION1£1.2m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL1£1.1m
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE1£898k
THE JD FOUNDATION1£561k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT1£194k
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST1£170k
COUNTYPIER LIMITED1£116k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1692.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOUNTAINS OF KNOWLEDGE£1.1m—0above—no doubt
1692 FY2025£462k—0within—no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024£2.2m——above—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024£248k—0above—no doubt

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