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THE FOUNDATION TRUST NETWORK

Registered charity 1140900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation Trust Network (FTN) is the membership organisation for the NHS acute hospitals and community, mental health and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. The FTN helps those NHS trusts deliver high quality, patient focussed, care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£9.0m
Latest spending
£9.2m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £204,494 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reduction from the previous year's loss of £578,274. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £2,413,656, which is well in excess of the upper limit of the stated reserves policy range of £900,000 to £1.3m. The trustees confirm adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £900,000 to £1.3m (held: £2.4m)
“In 2022, the board approved a change to the required reserve levels, moving from a fixed minimum of £1.3m, to a defined range of £900,000 to £1.3m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: FTN Trading Limited is a wholly owned trading subsidiary. It paid a management charge of £80,769 to the parent charity during the year.
“FTN paid a management charge of £80,769 to its parent charity during the year (2024: £59,288).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: FTN Trading Limited
“During the year NHS Providers had one wholly owned trading subsidiary company: FTN Trading Limited, to run our Annual Conference and Exhibition and support commercial partnerships.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£9.0m
Total spending
£9.2m
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
102

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (71% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£9.0m£9.2m
31/03/2024£8.9m£9.5m
31/03/2023£9.4m£8.8m
31/03/2022£7.8m£6.9m
31/03/2021£5.8m£5.5m

Common questions

Is THE FOUNDATION TRUST NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £204,494 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a reduction from the previous year's loss of £578,274. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £2,413,656, which is well in excess of the upper limit of the stated reserves policy range of £900,000 to £1.3m. The trustees confirm adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES2£1.2m
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING1£506k
THE GREEN ROOM CHARITABLE TRUST1£176k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION1£55k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION1£50k
The Leathersellers' Foundation1£45k
THE EQ FOUNDATION1£44k
T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED1£41k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FOUNDATION TRUST NETWORK£9.0m——above—no doubt
THE FUNDING NETWORK FY2025£778k——unclear—no doubt
THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES FY2025£901k—1unclear—no doubt
ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE RCN FOUNDATION FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025£930k—0above—no doubt

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