THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1121475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants and donations to individuals and institutions as they see fit. The Trustees will have due regard to the late Lady Scott's interest in horticulture as well as the arts.

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Latest income

£359k

Latest spending

£402k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £12,376,545 at the year end, supported by investment income of £358,863. The trustees report that the investment portfolio is worth £12m and consider the financial position satisfactory, with no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

THE HONOURABLE MRS URSULA MARGARET BRIDGET WIDEchair
Dr Patricia Rose Morison
Dr WILLIAM BRENT ELLIOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
James Percy Miller D.L. · trustee of 3 other charities
LADY KATHRYN GAYLE ELIZABETH ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Lord Charles Scott
William Colacicchi

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£359k	£402k
31/12/2024	£365k	£365k
31/12/2023	£384k	£390k
31/12/2022	£364k	£381k
31/12/2021	£345k	£321k

Common questions

Is THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £12,376,545 at the year end, supported by investment income of £358,863. The trustees report that the investment portfolio is worth £12m and consider the financial position satisfactory, with no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

Who funds THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WULFRAM, GRANTHAM.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WULFRAM, GRANTHAM	FY2023	£2k	monument conservation

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
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION.

THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION income £2.2m
THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST income £214k
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION income £2.6m
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION income £1.3m
SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST income £618k
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited income £14.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	£359k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.2m	£70,000 - £79,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£214k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.3m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt
SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£618k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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