THE WHITBYBIRD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1129159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable aims as per the Company's Memorandum of Agreement

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £25,217 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable expenditure of £51,115 partially offset by investment gains of £25,898. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds decreased from £686,195 to £660,978, with the trustees considering assets sufficient to meet future obligations. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no audit obtained under the small companies regime.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Total incoming resources - -”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees consider sufficient to generate a regular income for distributions to be made to other charities at their discretion (held: £661k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which the trustees consider sufficient to generate a regular income for distributions to be made to other charities at their discretion.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06849934

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WHITBY, Mark — director, appointed 17/03/2009on trustee list
WOOD, Sebastian John — director, appointed 17/03/2009not on trustee list
WOOD, Sebastian — secretary, appointed 31/01/2025

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alastair Muir Wood
MARK WHITBY · trustee of 4 other charities
MIKE CRANE

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

Operates in: Denmark · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£26k	£51k
31/03/2024	£0	£42k
31/03/2023	£8k	£2k
31/03/2022	£0	£0
31/03/2021	£13k	£51k

Common questions

Is THE WHITBYBIRD FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £25,217 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable expenditure of £51,115 partially offset by investment gains of £25,898. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds decreased from £686,195 to £660,978, with the trustees considering assets sufficient to meet future obligations. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no audit obtained under the small companies regime.