AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1143740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
TO SUPPORT CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS UNDERTAKING CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN BOTH THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD WHO PROVIDE HELP, SUPPORT OR CARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGE OR ADDICTION.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £230,624 for the period ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,818,465. The trustees confirm that the strategic target for reserves has been met and that the charity is protected from foreseen risks due to a strong reserves policy and diverse income sources. Per the independent auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: appropriate but not excessive level of reserves (held: £1.8m)
“The charity’s reserves policy is to achieve and maintain an appropriate but not excessive level of reserves to support its activities, taking into account the risks to which it is exposed and existing and projected future levels of income and expenditure.” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Prager Metis for accounting services
“During the year the Amy Winehouse Foundation and its subsidiaries made payments to Prager Metis, an entity with which Margaret Cody (a director of subsidiary the Amy Winehouse Foundation Trading Limited) is connected in respect of accounting services for the period totaling £8,639 (2023 - £11,838). At the balance sheet date the Amy Winehouse Foundation Trading Limited owed £270,605 (2023 £444,733) to the Amy Winehouse Foundation its immediate parent undertaking.” — page 55
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Wellers. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Amy Winehouse Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- RICE, Melissa — director, appointed 22/09/2020on trustee list
- LEE, Stephen — director, appointed 21/05/2018on trustee list
- WINEHOUSE, Jane — director, appointed 01/04/2012on trustee list
- WINEHOUSE, Janis — director, appointed 11/08/2011on trustee list
- WINEHOUSE, Mitchell — director, appointed 11/08/2011on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£44k
Reported reserves equal ~27.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- JANE WINEHOUSE
- JANIS WINEHOUSE
- MITCHELL WINEHOUSE
- Melissa Rice
- PROFESSOR STEPHEN LEE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Jamaica · St Lucia · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £230,624 for the period ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,818,465. The trustees confirm that the strategic target for reserves has been met and that the charity is protected from foreseen risks due to a strong reserves policy and diverse income sources. Per the independent auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Wellers.
Who funds AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include E B M CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VINTNERS' FOUNDATION, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION, EDWARDS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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