THE PICKWELL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1149424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Pickwell Foundation is a grant making Trust which focuses on supporting charities working in the following 2 areas:1) Those working with people who have been displaced2) Those working in the area of 'climate change'The foundation has a mix of grants to local charities based in the South-West of England, those working nationally and those working internationally.

Objects

2.2 THE OBJECTS ARE:(1)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS BY PROVIDING FUNDS, GRANTS, EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE, FACILITIES, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;(2)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(3)THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY HOSTING LECTURES, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES;(4)THE PROMOTION OF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;(5)THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY ENGLISH LAW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £657,663 from £675,625 in the prior year, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising rose to £704,258, resulting in a net resource decrease of £46,595. Free/unrestricted reserves (general funds) stood at £32,978, while total fund balances decreased to £880,629 from £927,224. The trustees report that no significant fixed reserves are maintained beyond restricted funds, relying on periodic trustee donations and business income to meet grant commitments.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Pickwell Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN BAKERchair
• LYN STRAHAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD ELLIOTT
• SUSANNAH BAKER
• TRACEY ELLIOTT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 THE PWC FOUNDATION.

• THE PWC FOUNDATION income £947k
• THE WINDFALL FOUNDATION income £143k
• CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £442k
• THE P27 TRUST income £963k
• THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION income £172k
• THE WARWICK TRUST income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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