IMAGINE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1152864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£268k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £684,228, which is above the trustees' stated minimum investment fund target of £500,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £162,304 for the year, supported by £268,257 in total incoming resources. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £500,000 (held: £684k)

“The Trustees have agreed that our investment fund should be maintained at a minimum of £500,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income

£507k

Total spending

£272k

Cost of raising funds

£4k

Reserves (reported)

£969k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~42.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

STEVE EYREchair · trustee of 2 other charities
DIANE PAULA EYRE
KERRY ANNE MCLEISH · trustee of 1 other charity
Kerry Louise Eyre
PHIL STRATTON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£268k	£140k
31/12/2023	£277k	£760k
31/12/2022	£507k	£272k
31/12/2021	£218k	£250k
31/12/2020	£256k	£244k

Common questions

Is IMAGINE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £684,228, which is above the trustees' stated minimum investment fund target of £500,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £162,304 for the year, supported by £268,257 in total incoming resources. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£1.9m
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£140k
FRONTLINE TRUST	1	£122k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND	1	£24k
THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
A G MANLY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED.

IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED income £12.1m
DISRUPT FOUNDATION income £2.9m
INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION income £512k
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION income £1.1m
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION income £235k
PONOSI FOUNDATION income £144k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
IMAGINE FOUNDATION	£268k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED FY2025	£12.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DISRUPT FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.9m	£100,000 - £110,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION FY2025	£512k	£80,001 - £90,000	0	below	—	no doubt
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION FY2025	£235k	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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