THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1120714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees hold the Trust Capital and income generated from it to pay or apply towards or for the benefit of such charitable purposes or charitable institutions as the trustees , at their absolute discretion determine.

Objects

1.2 THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE ALL OR ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE. IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS 'CHARITABLE' ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW CHANGES OVER TIME AND IT IS INTENDED THAT (WHILST NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE WHICH IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AT THE DATE THAT IT IS DONE) THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHOULD CHANGE IN LINE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND SO THAT IN THE FUTURE THINGS MAY BE DONE (WHEN THEY ARE CHARITABLE) WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE AT THE DATE OF THIS DEED.1.3 THE TRUSTEES SHALL PAY OR APPLY OR CAUSE TO BE PAID OR APPLIED AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT THE INCOME AND IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS.1.4 THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE TRUST IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME AND HOLD THE SAME AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE TRUST ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £2,759,396 from £3,088,878 in the prior year, driven by net expenditure of £329,482 against investment income of £42,499. The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the ability to continue as a going concern, and the reserves policy indicates no minimum level of resources is required.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 26/03/2026, 49 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 20/02/2025, 15 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 08/03/2024, 32 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMY ISABEL LUX
• ANTHONY WAGERMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• CHARLES SAMUEL DORFMAN
• PETER LEACH
• SARAH ANN DORFMAN
• SOPHIE JEAN DORFMAN
• Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO OBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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