THE PHILANTHROPY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Philanthropy Foundation manages charitable funds on behalf of third parties, both individual and corporate, to help them develop better programmes of philanthropic giving.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£378k
Latest spending
£429k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £50,727 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £93,278 to £42,551. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and consider its financial position to be strong. Unrestricted reserves of £9,248 are held against a policy target of maintaining at least one year of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one year of expenditure (held: £9k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent of at least one year of expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£378k£429k
31/10/2024£347k£293k
31/10/2023£168k£194k
31/10/2022£65k£32k
31/10/2021£168k£183k

Common questions

Is THE PHILANTHROPY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £50,727 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £93,278 to £42,551. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and consider its financial position to be strong. Unrestricted reserves of £9,248 are held against a policy target of maintaining at least one year of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.