SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1120926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity considers all claims for the advancement of education and religion and relief of persons in need,hardship or distress and other charitable purposes in accordance of with the terms of its trust deed.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£162k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,358,363, a decrease from the previous year's £10,700,077, while total expenditure on charitable activities and governance exceeded total incoming resources. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy is to use reserves and investment income to offset expenditure in meeting its objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Trustee's policy is to use the charity's reserves and the investment income to help offset the charity's expenditure in meeting the objectives laid down in the Trust Deed. (held: £9.4m)

“The Trustee's policy is to use the charity's reserves and the investment income to help offset the charity's expenditure in meeting the objectives laid down in the Trust Deed.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bullimores LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Total income

£10.6m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£28k

Reserves (reported)

£10.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~117.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ann Little
Mary Elizabeth Simpson
ROSS WYNDHAM BADGER · trustee of 3 other charities
Robert Currie

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£162k	£1.2m
05/04/2025	£361k	£1.3m
05/04/2024	£10.6m	£1.1m
05/04/2023	£17k	£777k
05/04/2022	£28k	£91k

Common questions

Is SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,358,363, a decrease from the previous year's £10,700,077, while total expenditure on charitable activities and governance exceeded total incoming resources. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy is to use reserves and investment income to offset expenditure in meeting its objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bullimores LLP.

Who funds SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include CORNWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CORNWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£258k	Grants payable

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
JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION	1	£230k
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Coller Family Foundation.

Coller Family Foundation income £230k
SELLATA LIMITED income £158k
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
MRS R P TINDALL'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £119k
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION	£162k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Coller Family Foundation FY2025	£230k	—	below	—	no doubt
SELLATA LIMITED FY2026	£158k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MRS R P TINDALL'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	unclear	—	no doubt

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