THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1154637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of the Foundation are to make grants in furtherance of the charitable objectives.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£242k
Latest spending
£493k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £346,402 from £534,799 in the prior year, while total charity funds increased to £11,461,238 due to significant investment gains. The charity has no employees and outsources all administrative and investment services, incurring total expenditure of £492,763 against investment income of £242,454. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: based on income received during the current year (held: £346k)
“The Foundation reserves policy in place during the year by the Trustees is that the income reserves of the Foundation should be based on income received during the current year which was £242,454 (2023: £147,604).” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£242k£493k
31/12/2023£148k£105k
31/12/2022£162k£526k
31/12/2021£156k£347k
31/12/2020£208k£365k

Common questions

Is THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £346,402 from £534,799 in the prior year, while total charity funds increased to £11,461,238 due to significant investment gains. The charity has no employees and outsources all administrative and investment services, incurring total expenditure of £492,763 against investment income of £242,454. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND1£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION£242k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION FY2025£639k—0unclear—no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION FY2026£10.7m—0unclear—no doubt
MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION FY2025£144k—0below—no doubt
SALT FOUNDATION FY2025£426k—0unclear—no doubt

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