THE NDL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1133508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO FURTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds in deficit of £1,048, reversing a nil balance from the prior year. The trustees report that the results are considered satisfactory and that the deficit will be reversed in the current financial year, noting that the Foundation operates only in a grant-making capacity without fixed costs or ongoing obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations amounting to £76,000 (2024: £40,367) were received from trustees.
“Aggregate donations amounting to £76,000 (2024: £40,367) were received from trustees.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · India · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£82k£83k
05/04/2024£40k£33k
05/04/2023£58k£83k
05/04/2022£101k£79k
05/04/2021£110k£320k

Common questions

Is THE NDL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds in deficit of £1,048, reversing a nil balance from the prior year. The trustees report that the results are considered satisfactory and that the deficit will be reversed in the current financial year, noting that the Foundation operates only in a grant-making capacity without fixed costs or ongoing obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.