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Moto Foundation

Registered charity 1111147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOTO IN THE COMMUNITY · also registered in Scotland as SC041488 (OSCR)

Moto Foundation is the charitable arm of Moto Hospitality Limited, the UK's largest provider of motorway service areas. It is a grant making charity that focuses on making a difference to the 58 local communities that Moto are part of.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Moto Foundation raised over £1.1m in 2025, bringing its total fundraising to over £12m since its creation. The charity awarded 64 community grants totaling £77,081 and made significant donations to national partners Mind and SAMH, as well as environmental trusts. The Trustees' report indicates ongoing operational activity with no stated financial difficulties or reserves policy targets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Moto Hospitality Ltd is the sole member of the charity and provides funding, carrier bag income, and benevolent grants.
“Moto Hospitality donated £30,000 to help the charity award grants to 31 colleagues.”
“Moto Hospitality continues to donate its carrier bag income to Moto Foundation.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Moto Hospitality donated carrier bag income to the charity.
“Moto Hospitality donated £30,000 to help the charity award grants to 31 colleagues.”
“Moto Hospitality continues to donate its carrier bag income to Moto Foundation.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Moto Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£274k
Reserves (reported)
£200k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom 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: 22.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/12/2024£1.2m£1.3m
31/12/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/12/2022£1.0m£1.1m
31/12/2021£854k£546k

Common questions

Is Moto Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Moto Foundation raised over £1.1m in 2025, bringing its total fundraising to over £12m since its creation. The charity awarded 64 community grants totaling £77,081 and made significant donations to national partners Mind and SAMH, as well as environmental trusts. The Trustees' report indicates ongoing operational activity with no stated financial difficulties or reserves policy targets.

Who funds Moto Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Moto Foundation as a grant recipient include THE PENNIES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£305k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2023£135k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2021£79kGrant to institution
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k

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
TEAM FORCES FOUNDATION1£416k
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST1£304k
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£95k
Army Benevolent Fund1£79k
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND1£51k
SHAREDIMPACT1£29k
LEST WE FORGET ASSOCIATION1£20k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Moto Foundation£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED FY2025£772k——above—no doubt
THE MAKO FOUNDATION FY2024£156k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MORRISONS FOUNDATION FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE MUTLEY FOUNDATION FY2024£244k—0unclear—no doubt
FIA FOUNDATION FY2025£9.5m——unclear—no doubt

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