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THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1111022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit. The core aim of the Foundation however is to support children and young people through education and training.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£574k
Latest spending
£822k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £15,662,102, comprising an expendable endowment fund and unrestricted general funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £10,000,000, and the liquid assets at year-end were £1,355,797. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The principal source of funds is investment income generated from the trust's substantial investment base and gifts from the trustees.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £10,000,000 (held: £1.4m)
“the trustee's assessment of required reserves has remained £10,000,000 during the year under review” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Royal National Theatre
“During the year the Charity made grants of £Nil (2024: £250,000) to The Royal National theatre, a charity in which Sir D M Buffini is a Trustee.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ward Williams. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£822k
Reserves (reported)
£10.0m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~145.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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£574k£822k
05/04/2024£945k£945k
05/04/2023£744k£744k
05/04/2022£209k£774k
05/04/2021£611k£611k

Common questions

Is THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £15,662,102, comprising an expendable endowment fund and unrestricted general funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £10,000,000, and the liquid assets at year-end were £1,355,797. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ward Williams.

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 CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£25k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION1£6k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£5k
WHITEHEAD MONCKTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION£574k—0unclear—no doubt
MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION FY2025£144k—0below—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
FOUX FOUNDATION FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
The Ross Foundation FY2025£2.1m—0above—no doubt
THE PURI FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3m—0above—no doubt

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