John Lewis Partnership Foundation

Registered charity 1118162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUILDING HAPPIER FUTURES, BUILDING HAPPIER FUTURES FOUNDATION, JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS FOUNDATION, JOHN LEWIS FOUNDATION, John Lewis Foundation, THE JOHN LEWIS FOUNDATION

To advance general charitable purposes, acting alone or in association with others, by such charitable activities as the Trustees shall determine, to include (without limitation) charitable activities designed to benefit the communities in the UK and overseas in which those who produce products supplied to John Lewis & Partners (being the trading division of John Lewis plc) live and work.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the trustees are responsible for assessing the Charitable Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The independent auditor, KPMG LLP, reported having nothing to report regarding exceptions under the Companies Act 2006, indicating no identified failures in accounting records or disclosures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06058796

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Jason Tarry — Chairman (source)
• Rita Clifton CBE — Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Director (source)
• Nina Bhatia — Managing Director, New Businesses (source)
• Tom Denyard — Managing Director, Waitrose (source)
• Zak Mian — Chief Transformation & Technology Officer (source)
• Peter Ruis — Managing Director, John Lewis (source)
• Helen Webb — Chief People Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• John Lewis Partnership — “Our foundation is funded directly from the John Lewis Partnership – as well as with money raised by our amazing Partners, suppliers and cust…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TICKELL, Oriana Clare, Dame — director, appointed 23/06/2025on trustee list
• HIGGINS, Tracy Maree — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• FLETCHER, James Kiefer — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• RUSHWORTH, Julie Claire — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• COPE, David Roger, Dr — director, appointed 01/02/2024on trustee list
• ROMPANI, Marija — director, appointed 21/09/2021on trustee list
• BISHOP, Simon James, Mr — director, appointed 04/06/2018on trustee list
• BLACKBURN, Simon Jim — secretary, appointed 07/06/2021

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (97% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dame Oriana Clare Tickell
• David Cope
• James Kiefer Fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Claire Rushworth
• Marija Rompani · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIMON BISHOP
• Tracy Maree Higgins

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

Operates in: Cambodia · China · India · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · Vietnam

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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