THE WATSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Watson Foundation does not fund unsolicited requests preferring to to seek out recipients on our own.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £55,816 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £56,826. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient cash reserves to meet all commitments for at least the next 12 months and is prepared on a going concern basis. However, the charity's activities are noted as being uninsured.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN WATSON
• LUCINDA WATSON
• VICTORIA WATSON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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