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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.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£457k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £748,456 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £875,924. The trustees maintain these reserves to fund future projects, noting that the charity operates with minimal annual expenses by utilizing resources from a private family office. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: level of reserves required to fund future projects that they may want to undertake where no previous commitments have been made (held: £876k)
“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.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustee Tara Getty
“During the year the Foundation received donations of £947,213 (2023: £294,823) from Tara Getty, a trustee.” — page 19
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2023: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Service fees to connected party Sutton Place (US) Limited
“During the year the Foundation received donations of £947,213 (2023: £294,823) from Tara Getty, a trustee.” — page 19
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2023: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Wild Impact Foundation UK (trustee-connected charity)
“During the year the Foundation received donations of £947,213 (2023: £294,823) from Tara Getty, a trustee.” — page 19
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2023: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Ocean Family Foundation (trustee-connected charity)
“During the year the Foundation received donations of £947,213 (2023: £294,823) from Tara Getty, a trustee.” — page 19
“During the year the Foundation paid service fees of $5,000 (2023: $5,000) to Sutton Place (US) Limited, a connected party of the corporate trustee Sutton Place Services (UK) Limited.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~23.0 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 (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 — 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
31/12/2024£1.2m£457k
31/12/2023£369k£334k
31/12/2022£439k£396k
31/12/2021£325k£331k
31/12/2020£107k£76k

Common questions

Is TARA GETTY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £748,456 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £875,924. The trustees maintain these reserves to fund future projects, noting that the charity operates with minimal annual expenses by utilizing resources from a private family office. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Smailes Goldie.

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 GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
ONE FOOTSTEP1£25k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TARA GETTY FOUNDATION£1.2m—0above—no doubt
THE TRUELL CONSERVATION FOUNDATION FY2024£0—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION FY2025£190k—0below—no doubt
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.7mmore than £70,0001unclear—no doubt
Becht Foundation FY2024£8.5m$250,001 - $260,0002unclear—no doubt
THE SHANTA FOUNDATION FY2025£736k—0unclear—noted

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