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THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1107479 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees have a policy of supporting a broad range of activities within the areas of the arts, culture & heritage; education & young people; environment & conservation; health & medicine; and social welfare & community. The Foundation identifies organisations and activities to support proactively by invitation and therefore does not accept unsolicited applications.

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Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £13,456,696, a decrease from the previous year's £13,812,696, driven by a net loss on investments of £772,547. The charity reported a net expenditure of £356,000 for the year, with total charitable grants approved amounting to £1,575,770. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the foundation's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £79,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer national insurance) during the year between: 2025 - £70,000 - £79,999” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: unclear (held: £13.5m)
“The Schroder Foundation recognises the need to hold reserves for the maintenance of core charitable activities in the event of income shortfalls.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reserves (reported)
£13.5m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~90.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 0.8% 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£2.2m£1.8m
05/04/2024£685k£500k
05/04/2023£577k£2.0m
05/04/2022£5.6m£2.5m
05/04/2021£485k£1.5m

Common questions

Is THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £13,456,696, a decrease from the previous year's £13,812,696, driven by a net loss on investments of £772,547. The charity reported a net expenditure of £356,000 for the year, with total charitable grants approved amounting to £1,575,770. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the foundation's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £79,999 band.

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 WOODLAND TRUST1£20k
UNSEEN (UK)1£6k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION£2.2m£70,000 - £79,999—unclear—no doubt
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST FY2025£598k—0unclear—no doubt
The Schroder 1905 Trust FY2025£573k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MALLINCKRODT FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LOVINGTON FOUNDATION FY2026£272k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION FY2025£867k—0unclear—no doubt

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