The Keith Howard Foundation

Registered charity 1127093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE EMERALD FOUNDATION

To provide grants to charities which fall within the following:-The Arts, Social Mobility, Animal Welfare and Sport.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£324k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £18,210,719, a surplus from the previous year's £17,921,350. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with no significant risks or uncertainties, and investment gains of £1,027,652 offset charitable expenditure of £1,062,321. The charity does not actively fundraise, relying instead on investment income to meet its grant-making objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grants to Whitehall Dog Rescue, an organisation with common trustees.

“During the year grants totalling £120,000 (2024: £120,000) were awarded to Whitehall Dog Rescue, an organisation with common trustees. At the year end, an amount of £120,000 (2024: £120,000) was included within grants payable in respect of these grants to Whitehall Dog Rescue.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income

£20.0m

Total spending

£1.0m

Reserves (reported)

£18.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~215.0 months of spending — in the top 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Greg Limb
Howard Martin Alexander Fojt
KAREN NOELLE FOJT
Melissa Tomlinson
Siobhan Fojt
Vicky Williams

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£324k	£1.1m
31/12/2024	£429k	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£493k	£969k
31/12/2022	£20.0m	£1.0m
31/12/2021	£890k	£596k

Common questions

Is The Keith Howard Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £18,210,719, a surplus from the previous year's £17,921,350. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with no significant risks or uncertainties, and investment gains of £1,027,652 offset charitable expenditure of £1,062,321. The charity does not actively fundraise, relying instead on investment income to meet its grant-making objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	01/06/2022	£10k	Jubilee Fund - QUEENS PLATINUM JUBILEE MULTI SPORT FESTIVAL

Charities like this

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

THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION income £397k
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation income £895k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation income £490k
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION income £61.1m
KHOO TECK PUAT UK FOUNDATION income £5.2m
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Keith Howard Foundation	£324k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION FY2025	£397k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation FY2024	£895k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation FY2025	£490k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION FY2025	£61.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KHOO TECK PUAT UK FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.2m	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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