TARA GETTY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1107895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FUSERNA FOUNDATION GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TARA GETTY FOUNDATION

The Foundation's primary activities are in support of existing charities in areas including, poverty, health, community, conservation, wildlife, environment and education, both in the UK and abroad.The Foundation is not currently seeking any unsolicited applications.

Objects

FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£697k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £875,924 to £209,178 due to charitable expenditure of £697,021 exceeding income of £30,275. The trustees maintain reserves to fund future projects, and the charity operates with minimal annual expenses by utilizing resources from a private family office. The charity has not engaged in fundraising and holds surplus cash in fixed deposits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Foundation’s trustees maintain a level of reserves required to fund future projects that they may want to undertake where no previous commitments have been made. (reserves figure: £209k)
“Reserves Policy The Foundation’s trustees maintain a level of reserves required to fund future projects that they may want to undertake where no previous commitments have been made. At the year end there were reserves of £209,178.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Service fees to Sutton Place (US) Limited (connected to corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited)
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2024: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 16
“During the year, grants were agreed to Wild Impact Foundation UK, a charity of which Tara and Jessica Getty are Trustees, amounting to £122,584 (2024: £227,565).” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Wild Impact Foundation UK (charity of which Tara and Jessica Getty are Trustees)
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2024: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 16
“During the year, grants were agreed to Wild Impact Foundation UK, a charity of which Tara and Jessica Getty are Trustees, amounting to £122,584 (2024: £227,565).” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Ocean Family Foundation (charity of which Jessica Getty is an officer)
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2024: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 16
“During the year, grants were agreed to Wild Impact Foundation UK, a charity of which Tara and Jessica Getty are Trustees, amounting to £122,584 (2024: £227,565).” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/02/2024, 93 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£457k
Reserves (reported)
£876k
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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.

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
31/12/2025£30k£697k
31/12/2024£1.2m£457k
31/12/2023£369k£334k
31/12/2022£439k£396k
31/12/2021£325k£331k

Common questions

Is TARA GETTY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves decreased significantly from £875,924 to £209,178 due to charitable expenditure of £697,021 exceeding income of £30,275. The trustees maintain reserves to fund future projects, and the charity operates with minimal annual expenses by utilizing resources from a private family office. The charity has not engaged in fundraising and holds surplus cash in fixed deposits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TARA GETTY FOUNDATION£30k—0unclear—no doubt
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE THORNTON FOUNDATION FY2026£87k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOHN TERRY FOUNDATION FY2025£396k—0above—no doubt
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION FY2025£235k—0unclear—no doubt
MAITRI FOUNDATION FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt

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