BC Partners Foundation

Registered charity 1136956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B.C. PARTNERS FOUNDATION

The charity's main activity is providing grants to a wide range of different charities, both in the UK and abroad. All of these charities provide a public benefit in different ways, so by providing grants to these charities, the charity is providing a public benefit through them.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £386,164, supported by a net movement in funds of £29,304. The charity maintains a healthy cash balance and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Funding is principally provided by BC Partners LLP, which has indicated its intention to continue supporting the Foundation's charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 01/11/2024, 1 day after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 02/11/2022, 2 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07260058

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.

• DEVINE, Andrew John — director, appointed 09/09/2024on trustee list
• CASTELLI, Marco — director, appointed 17/06/2024on trustee list
• EVANS, Matthew George — director, appointed 30/05/2019on trustee list
• DUBOURDIEU, Cedric Brice — director, appointed 13/12/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Devine
• Cedric Dubourdieu
• Marco Castelli
• Matthew George Evans

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

Operates in: France · Germany · Italy · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

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• THE BCS FOUNDATION income £114k
• BTP income £239k
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

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