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THE USBORNE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1121957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

fund and sponsor other charities. Further education generally and relief of poverty

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,375,836, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining between three and six months' expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £1,329,872 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment income, with sufficient resources to continue operations in the medium term.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month's expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties amounted to £2,352,514 (2023: ENil). Donations paid to Teach Your Monster Limited £1,000,000 (2023: £1,000,193). At the year end date £354,327 (2023: Nil) included in Other Debtors was receivable from Teach Your Monster Limited.
“Donations received from related parties amounted to £2,352,514 (2023: ENil). Donations paid to Teach Your Monster Limited £1,000,000 (2023: £1,000,193). At the year end date £354,327 (2023: Nil) included in Other Debtors was receivable from Teach Your Monster Limited.” — page 17
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by West & Berry Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~16.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£1.0m
31/12/2023£10k£1.0m
31/12/2022£628k£1.2m
31/12/2021£1.8m£1.1m
31/12/2020£342k£425k

Common questions

Is THE USBORNE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,375,836, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining between three and six months' expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £1,329,872 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment income, with sufficient resources to continue operations in the medium term. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by West & Berry Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NNS FOUNDATION1£5.1m
THE BROOMTON FOUNDATION1£500k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION1£40k
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION1£40k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE USBORNE FOUNDATION£2.4m—0above—no doubt
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ORWELL FOUNDATION FY2025£194k—0unclear—no doubt
PONOSI FOUNDATION FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2024£3.0m—0above—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£7.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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