The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited

Registered charity 1109135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KATHLEEN AND MICHAEL CONNOLLY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED, THE CONNOLLY FOUNDATION

Grants to individuals made on recommendation by schools and colleges.Grants for capital projects in areas within the Charity's objectives.

Objects

To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time, in particular but not limited to advancing the education of young people and the welfare of older people in need for the public benefit by making grants and awards.

Area of benefit: UNTIED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND BEDFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Central Bedfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £27,746,667, which are readily available to spend, against a total unrestricted fund balance of £109,613,112. The charity generates significant income from trading subsidiaries, with other trading activities contributing £10,841,037 in the current year. The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £7.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~46.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 47.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amar Lakhani · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brendan John McGowan
• Malcolm Groves
• Mostaque Ahmed Koyes
• Simon John White
• Yvonne louise Ashby

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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