AVON MESOTHELIOMA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMF

fund research into Mesothelioma, we have a cople of projects we have applied for approval but have yet to hear the outcome

Objects

1. TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BY RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL FORMS OF DISEASE CAUSED BY OR PARTLY BY INHALATION OF ASBESTOS FIBRES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF SUCH DISEASES.2. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF DISEASE CAUSED BY OR PARTLY BY INHALATION OF ASBESTOS FIBRES, AND THEIR RELATIVES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.3. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF DISEASE CAUSED BY OR PARTLY BY INHALATION OF ASBESTOS FIBRES, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES ANCILLARY TO THOSE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO DISEASE CAUSED BY OR PARTLY BY INHALATION OF ASBESTOS FIBRES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3k
Latest spending
£833
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the trustees agreed to maintain a reserve balance of at least £50,000 before spending funds. The document reports no funds materially in deficit and details specific grants awarded for research projects. However, the provided text is limited to the Trustees' Annual Report and does not contain the full financial statements required to assess total income, expenditure, or unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £50,000
“The Trustees had agreed to ensure a balance of £50 000 before spending any money from the AMF funds.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 20/12/2024 (received 18/12/2025, 59 days after the 20/10/2025 due date); year ending 20/12/2023 (received 29/10/2024, 9 days after the 20/10/2024 due date); year ending 20/12/2022 (received 03/05/2024, 196 days after the 20/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
20/12/2025£3k£833
20/12/2024£34k£46k
20/12/2023£15k£216
20/12/2022£10k£30k
20/12/2021£16k£432

Common questions

Is AVON MESOTHELIOMA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the trustees agreed to maintain a reserve balance of at least £50,000 before spending funds. The document reports no funds materially in deficit and details specific grants awarded for research projects. However, the provided text is limited to the Trustees' Annual Report and does not contain the full financial statements required to assess total income, expenditure, or unrestricted reserves.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION1£275k
THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUST1£27k
EARL OF CHICHESTER'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£200

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JUNE HANCOCK MESOTHELIOMA RESEARCH FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AVON MESOTHELIOMA FOUNDATION£3k——unclear—no doubt
JUNE HANCOCK MESOTHELIOMA RESEARCH FUND FY2025£47k—0above—no doubt
THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION FY2025£145k—0within—no doubt
THE VAN MESDAG FUND FY2025£93k—0above—no doubt
WESSEX MEDICAL TRUST FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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