JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(i) the advancement of education, (ii) the promotion of health, and (iii) the relief of poverty.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£836k

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net reserves increased to €40,360,375 at the end of 2024, primarily due to investment gains. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted reserves necessary to ensure the long-term viability of the Charity given volatile incoming donations. The charity employed no staff as of the end of 2024 and does not actively fundraise, relying instead on the stewardship of existing resources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-6 months of normal expenditure (held: £47.2m)

“their policy is to maintain cash available for the following 3-6 months’ normal expenditure. Typically, the Charity holds cash and cash equivalents of between €500,000 and €1,000,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2023) → 0 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£836k

Total spending

£2.7m

Cost of raising funds

£208k

Reserves (reported)

£33.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~151.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 24.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Eduard Huntingford Lhuillier
Henry Page
Kevin Daniel Rosenberg
MARTINE HELENE SUZANNE LHUILLIER

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · India · Malawi · Rwanda · Tanzania · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£836k	£2.7m
31/12/2023	£9.6m	£2.1m
31/12/2022	£529k	£2.1m
31/12/2021	£617k	£2.0m
31/12/2020	£839k	£2.2m

Common questions

Is JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted net reserves increased to €40,360,375 at the end of 2024, primarily due to investment gains. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted reserves necessary to ensure the long-term viability of the Charity given volatile incoming donations. The charity employed no staff as of the end of 2024 and does not actively fundraise, relying instead on the stewardship of existing resources. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£224k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION.

THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION income £6.1m
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION income £33.9m
THE JAMES PANTYFEDWEN FOUNDATION (YMDDIRIEDOLAETH JAMES PANTYFEDWEN) income £623k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST income £275k
THE SIDNEY PERRY FOUNDATION income £231k
HA MEEM FOUNDATION income £496k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION	£836k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION FY2025	£6.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION FY2025	£33.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES PANTYFEDWEN FOUNDATION (YMDDIRIEDOLAETH JAMES PANTYFEDWEN) FY2025	£623k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SIDNEY PERRY FOUNDATION FY2024	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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