Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

COLUMBIA UK FUND LIMITED

Registered charity 1121978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance and promote education and research at Columbia University in the State of New York.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.2m
Latest spending
£5.7m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £1,891,435, compared to £103,972 in the prior year, driven by net income of £1,787,463. The trustees report that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains reserves sufficient to meet annual administrative expenses, which average no more than £5,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to meet annual administrative expenses, which on average do not exceed £5,000 (held: £1.9m)
“As a grant making charity with no employees and minimal overheads, there is limited need for the charity to hold substantial sums as reserves against future expenditure and accordingly the charity only maintains sufficient funds to meet annual administrative expenses, which on average do not exceed £5,000.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The company's audit and accountancy £3,030 (2023 - £3,030) and bank charges £5,274 (2023 - £5,823 ) were met by the shareholder (Total £8,304 (2023- £8,853).
“The company's audit and accountancy £3,030 (2023 - £3,030) and bank charges £5,274 (2023 - £5,823 ) were met by the shareholder (Total £8,304 (2023- £8,853).” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nielsens. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£5.7m
Reserves (reported)
£5k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom 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 · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£4.2m£5.7m
30/11/2024£1.8m£19k
30/11/2023£1.7m£2.3m
30/11/2022£1.5m£1.4m
30/11/2021£938k£2.0m

Common questions

Is COLUMBIA UK FUND LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £1,891,435, compared to £103,972 in the prior year, driven by net income of £1,787,463. The trustees report that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains reserves sufficient to meet annual administrative expenses, which average no more than £5,000. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Nielsens.

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
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION1£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLUMBIA UK FUND LIMITED£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025£2.7m—0below—no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£7.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE KOLEL LIMITED FY2025£136k—0below—no doubt
FRIENDS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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