WILLIAM SCOTT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1119400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The operation and further development of the William Scott Archive, documenting and recording the paperwork of the late William Scott. It also includes authentication and discoveries of William Scott's works. These are researched and recorded for future use. Generation of income for the Alzheimer's Society for Research by donating income from reproduction rights, copyrights and licencing fees.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY:1) THE PROMOTION OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE FINE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SCOTT ("THE COLLECTION")2) THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE CAUSES AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

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Latest income

£109k

Latest spending

£248k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations in September 2025 and prepared its financial statements on a break-up basis rather than as a going concern. The charity incurred a deficit of £138,647 in its final period, resulting in unrestricted funds of negative £143,755 at year-end. All non-monetary assets were distributed to settle debts, primarily to the William Scott Estate, leaving only a small cash balance to cover remaining liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“During the period, the trustees decided to cease operations. Consequently, the trustees do not consider the company to be a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a break-up (non-going concern) basis rather than on a going concern basis.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06009858

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.

SCOTT, Robert Murray — director, appointed 27/11/2006on trustee list
SCOTT, James Michael — director, appointed 27/11/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JAMES MICHAEL SCOTT
ROBERT MURRAY SCOTT

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£109k	£248k
31/03/2024	£8k	£82k
31/03/2023	£18k	£80k
31/03/2022	£258k	£67k
31/03/2021	£43k	£59k

Common questions

Is WILLIAM SCOTT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased operations in September 2025 and prepared its financial statements on a break-up basis rather than as a going concern. The charity incurred a deficit of £138,647 in its final period, resulting in unrestricted funds of negative £143,755 at year-end. All non-monetary assets were distributed to settle debts, primarily to the William Scott Estate, leaving only a small cash balance to cover remaining liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
REARDON SMITH NAUTICAL TRUST	1	£241k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS	1	£42k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£10k
MARGARET DAVIES CHARITY	1	£5k
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WULFRAM, GRANTHAM	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST.

SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST income £618k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST income £153k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION income £359k
THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST income £214k
CHALLENGE WALES income £315k
WILLIAM CHOWN CHARITABLE TRUST income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WILLIAM SCOTT FOUNDATION	£109k	—	unclear	—	not going concern
SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£618k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST FY2024	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION FY2025	£359k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£214k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHALLENGE WALES FY2025	£315k	—	below	—	not going concern

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