AXIS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1126117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity focuses on supporting charitable causes within communities with a view to improving the lives of disadvantaged residents of those communities, for example, by supporting the improvement and maintenance of social housing, promoting education, training and skills development and youth diversion programmes.

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

Latest income
£490k
Latest spending
£534k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £664,873 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £551,638. The trustees report a strong cash position with no external debt and confirm that adequate resources are available to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“Donations and legacies 2 575,037” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 20% of all donations received during the period (held: £665k)
“The Foundation aims to maintain a reserve cover of 20% as a minimum of all donations received during the period to cover the cost of future grants and other unforeseen events.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Axis Europe PLC
“During the current year, the Foundation received a charitable donation of £216,079 (2023: £236,278) from Axis Europe Ple.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Axis Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£575k
Total spending
£462k
Cost of raising funds
£94k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 16.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£490k£534k
31/03/2024£575k£462k
31/03/2023£608k£370k
31/03/2022£375k£247k
31/03/2021£226k£109k

Common questions

Is AXIS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £664,873 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £551,638. The trustees report a strong cash position with no external debt and confirm that adequate resources are available to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AXIS EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AXIS FOUNDATION£490k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AXIS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£879k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024£956k—0above—no doubt
MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
13 FOUNDATION FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE FY2024£21.1m—0above—no doubt

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