THE RACING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net funds of £95.8m, comprising £93.6m in endowment funds and £2.2m in unrestricted funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of preserving the long-term real capital value of the Tote sale proceeds, holding an unrestricted general reserve sufficient to cover grant commitments for at least a 12-month period. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07890908

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.

• SHEPPARD, Claire Joy — director, appointed 05/01/2026on trustee list
• FLYNN, Rachel Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/01/2026on trustee list
• PEPLINSKI, Hazel Gilchrist — director, appointed 25/06/2025on trustee list
• PERSAD, Rishi — director, appointed 14/02/2023on trustee list
• BOYLE, James Robert — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• PAGE, Alice Rose — director, appointed 18/01/2022on trustee list
• SMITH-MAXWELL, Edward James Algernon — director, appointed 08/01/2022on trustee list
• BUDD, Julia Katherine — director, appointed 08/01/2022on trustee list
• BOWLES, Linda Jane — director, appointed 10/04/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 4.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Katharine Buddchair
• Alice Rose Page
• Claire Joy Sheppard
• Edward James Algenon Smith-Maxwell
• Hazel Gilchrist Peplinski
• James Boyle
• Linda Jane Bowles
• Rachel Elizabeth Flynn
• Rishi Persad

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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