BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1141423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£286k

Latest spending

£700k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £413,587 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £2,309,857. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring sufficient funds to meet objectives for a minimum of twelve months ahead, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,284,857. The filing confirms the charity has adequate 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: minimum of twelve months ahead (held: £2.3m)

“the Trustees are concerned that sufficient reserves are retained to ensure it can meet the objectives of the Charity for a minimum of twelve months ahead.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 14

“During the year unrestricted donations received from the Trustees and companies under common control totaled £198,425 (2024: £128,966). The Charity made a donation of £34,724 (2024: £11,640) to the Christina Noble Children's Foundation Limited. Thomas Ward is a trustee of the Charity and chairman of the board of trustees of the Christina Noble Children's Foundation Limited.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£623k

Total spending

£352k

Reserves (reported)

£3.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~105.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Frances Banham
Georgina Bramwell
Joanna Banham · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan James Keightley
LAN QUACH BANHAM
MARGARET JANE HALLET
Mary-Ann Herbert
Rosanna Elizabeth Banham
Sarah Louise Lewis
THOMAS JOSEPH WARD · trustee of 1 other charity
William Francis Banham

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£286k	£700k
31/12/2024	£216k	£501k
31/12/2023	£258k	£437k
31/12/2022	£623k	£352k
31/12/2021	£471k	£322k

Common questions

Is BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £413,587 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £2,309,857. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring sufficient funds to meet objectives for a minimum of twelve months ahead, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,284,857. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWIRE 2765.

SWIRE 2765 income £2.2m
BACON FOUNDATION LTD income £2.0m
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA income £238k
THE HELPING FOUNDATION income £34.8m
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £356k
BNJC income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	£286k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWIRE 2765 FY2024	£2.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
BACON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£2.0m	—	below	—	noted
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA FY2024	£238k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HELPING FOUNDATION FY2024	£34.8m	—	above	—	no doubt
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025	£356k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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