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THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1143433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ASHTON FOUNDATION

TO PERPETUATE THE LEGACY OF THE DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH CHOREOGRAPHER, THE LATE SIR FREDERICK ASHTON

Objects

TO UTILISE THE LEGACY OF THE DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH CHOREOGRAPHER, THE LATE SIR FREDERICK ASHTON, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND THE APPRECIATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ART OF BALLET AND ITS ALLIED ARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PURSUE A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING BALLET RECONSTRUCTIONS AND REVIVALS, PUBLICATIONS, AND LECTURES AND VIDEOS, AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£535k
Latest spending
£349k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £180,793 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £926,501. The trustees confirm that reserves meet their stated policy threshold of no less than £100,000 and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £100,000 (reserves figure: £927k)
“The Foundation has increased its fixed costs to the extent that it needs to hold Reserves at no less than £100,000 at any time”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£535k
Total spending
£349k
Reserves (reported)
£927k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~31.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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
31/03/2025£535k£349k
31/03/2024£316k£150k
31/03/2023£232k£87k
31/03/2022£76k£104k
31/03/2021£35k£16k

Common questions

Is THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £180,793 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £926,501. The trustees confirm that reserves meet their stated policy threshold of no less than £100,000 and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£75k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£25k

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 Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation1£200k
MYISRAEL1£54k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN1£35k
KEREN TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION£535k—0above—no doubt
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST FY2026£1.2m—0above—no doubt
ASHKELON FOUNDATION FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOUCHSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£92k—0above—no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£99k—0above—no doubt
THE FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFORD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£361k—0unclear—no doubt

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