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THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1135174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support The Ramsbury Manor Foundation (registered charity number 10874451) and for other general charitable purposes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.2m
Latest spending
£7.2m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £239,844,000 to £237,123,000 due to a net expenditure of £2,721,000, driven by a £721,000 loss on investments. The charity maintains significant reserves, including a designated Capital Investment Fund of £168,832,000, and the trustees report adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (99% of income)
“Income from: Investments 2 5,151 5,151 4,827”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Capricorn Foundation made cash donations of £5,196,000 (2024: £4,686,000) to The Ramsbury Manor Foundation, to fulfil its charitable objects.
“The Capricorn Foundation made cash donations of £5,196,000 (2024: £4,686,000) to The Ramsbury Manor Foundation, to fulfil its charitable objects. During the year, fees of £16,020 (2024: £20,465) were payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.” — page 28
“During the year, fees of £16,020 (2024: £20,465) were payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fees of £16,020 were payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.
“The Capricorn Foundation made cash donations of £5,196,000 (2024: £4,686,000) to The Ramsbury Manor Foundation, to fulfil its charitable objects. During the year, fees of £16,020 (2024: £20,465) were payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.” — page 28
“During the year, fees of £16,020 (2024: £20,465) were payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£5.2m
Total spending
£7.2m
Cost of raising funds
£534k
Reserves (reported)
£237.1m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 10.3% of total income — above 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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£5.2m£7.2m
05/04/2024£4.9m£5.7m
05/04/2023£4.4m£9.2m
05/04/2022£7.4m£4.4m
05/04/2021£2.9m£6.6m

Common questions

Is THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased from £239,844,000 to £237,123,000 due to a net expenditure of £2,721,000, driven by a £721,000 loss on investments. The charity maintains significant reserves, including a designated Capital Investment Fund of £168,832,000, and the trustees report adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

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
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£9k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION£5.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION FY2025£5.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PEGGY RAMSAY FOUNDATION FY2024£497k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION FY2025£5.0m—0above—no doubt
M AND M FOUNDATION FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£286k—0unclear—no doubt

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