ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1112925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of distress, the protection of health, and the advancement of education, the arts, culture, heritage and science. All applications to be submitted via email, not by post.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,221,196, which represents a decrease from the previous year's £1,326,152. The trustees confirm that the financial position is strong and that adequate resources are available to continue operations for the foreseeable future, supported by private donations from the Atkin family.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~16.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CELIA JANET ATKIN
• Charlotte Lucy Elizabeth Lawrence
• EDWARD ATKIN
• LARA ELIZA ATKIN
• ROSS JACOB ATKIN
• Roderick Johannes Carlton

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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