DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1146643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DLF UK

Promotion of education and health: 1) the establishment, maintenance and development of educational institutions; providing scholarships and bursaries to students; 2) the establishment, maintenance and development of medical and research facilities; the creation of scholarships and the provision of grants for research. Taking into account programmes developed by Maharishi Foundation (no. 270157).

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE TO PROMOTE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE FOCUS ON THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION TO THOSE IN NEED IN THE UK OR ANY PART OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING:1.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AT EVERY LEVEL, AND PROVIDING, THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND OTHER MEANS, TO STUDENTS IN THESE INSTITUTIONS OR ANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS;1.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND RESEARCH FACILITIES, THE CREATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR RESEARCH,IN EACH CASE TAKING ACCOUNT OF PROGRAMMES, TECHNIQUES AND KNOWLEDGE DEFINED AND DEVELOPED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE MAHARISHI FOUNDATION (UK CHARITY NUMBER 270157) WHICH ARE BASED ON THE WORK OF MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION (WHICH INCLUDES TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION AND THE SCIENCE OF CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE), ALL OF WHICH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £84,279, which is above its stated policy target of holding three months of operating costs in cash. The charity reported a net surplus of £87,079 for the year, resulting in a significant increase in total net assets from £20,852 to £107,931.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07933959

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — David Lynch Foundation UK (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.

• GOLDSTEIN, William — director, appointed 13/10/2025on trustee list
• PLESSER, Fredda — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• FITZGERALD, Jonathon — director, appointed 03/10/2024on trustee list
• WARBURTON, Peter Nigel, Dr — director, appointed 02/02/2012on trustee list
• PARSONS, Deirdre Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 02/02/2012on trustee list
• BARLOW, Nigel Vivian Peers — director, appointed 02/02/2012not on trustee list
• ROTH, Robert, Dr — director, appointed 02/02/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr PETER NIGEL WARBURTONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• DR ROBERT ROTH
• Dr DEIRDRE PARSONS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fredda Plesser
• Jonathon Fitzgerald
• NIGEL BARLOW MA
• William Goldstein

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• DAANISH FOUNDATION UK income £30k
• DAVID SIMON LEVIN FOUNDATION income £95k
• MEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FUND income £65k
• THE MACQUITTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £85k
• MAHARISHI FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION income £424k

Side by side with its peers

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