THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHONY BURGESS FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1102623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IABF
The objects of the Charity are to advance the education of the public in the life and works of Anthony Burgess by promoting the preservation, dissemination, study and appreciation of those works.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity had total income of £349,332 and total expenditure of £350,899, resulting in a net expenditure of £1,567 for the year. The trustees report that the Foundation was in a stable financial position with sufficient cash reserves to undertake all planned activities for the following year, holding unrestricted reserves of £170,161.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: The charity occupies premises rent-free from the Tallis Foundation, a trust set up by the late Liana Burgess.
“The charity occupies the premises at Chorlton Mill rent free with the permission of the trustees of the Tallis Foundation, a trust set up by the late Liliana Burgess to provide for and support the work of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- DONALDSON, Jane Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
- FROST, Matthew Jonathan — director, appointed 19/11/2011on trustee list
- BUELENS, Yves Henri Gilbert — director, appointed 08/01/2010on trustee list
- LANGDON-BANKS, Caroline Ann — director, appointed 24/10/2009on trustee list
- MCDONAGH, Patrick, Dr — director, appointed 05/10/2006on trustee list
- DE CHEZELLES, Gaetan — director, appointed 15/01/2004not on trustee list
- BERGSTROM, Carson, Dr — director, appointed 28/11/2003on trustee list
- FROST, Matthew — secretary, appointed 14/09/2013
Official officers record.
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- DOCTOR CARSON BERGSTROMchair
- CAROLINE ANN LANGDON-BANKS
- Dr PATRICK MCDONAGH
- Dr WILLIAM BLAZEK
- GAETAN DE CHEZELLES
- Jane Elizabeth Donaldson
- MATTHEW FROST
- YVES BUELENS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHONY BURGESS FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total income of £349,332 and total expenditure of £350,899, resulting in a net expenditure of £1,567 for the year. The trustees report that the Foundation was in a stable financial position with sufficient cash reserves to undertake all planned activities for the following year, holding unrestricted reserves of £170,161. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
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