THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1154468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Burberry Foundation is dedicated to using the power of creativity to drive positive change in our communities and build a sustainable future through innovation.

Objects

ARE TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE OR CARRY OUT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased to £459,261 from £1,041,450 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure of £582,189. The trustees confirm that the current level of reserves is in line with the Foundation’s Reserves Policy, which aims to hold prudent levels to protect future philanthropic ambitions. The auditor has concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08731570

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.

• CAMPBELL, Fiona — director, appointed 01/10/2023on trustee list
• MURPHY, Gerard Martin, Dr — director, appointed 16/09/2021on trustee list
• RASH, Edward Charles — director, appointed 29/03/2019on trustee list
• HOLMES, Christopher — director, appointed 21/03/2017on trustee list
• MACKIE, Stephanie — secretary, appointed 21/02/2024

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER HOLMESchair
• Edward Charles Rash
• Fiona Campbell

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

Operates in: Bradford City · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

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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 BLUEBERRY FOUNDATION.

• THE BLUEBERRY FOUNDATION income £160k
• THE BROOMTON FOUNDATION income £3.0m
• THE FEBRUARY FOUNDATION income £34.3m
• THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• THE BARBARA WELBY TRUST income £31k
• BARHAM BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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