MARK EVISON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1158382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Mark Evison Foundation?s mission is to promote the personal development of young people 16-25 years through non-academic challenge, providing mentoring and expenses-funding for participants? proposed projects. These must be outside applicants? ?comfort zones?, and created from scratch. Beneficiaries become more confident, independent and resilient, and gain many transferable skills.

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Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£142k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets decreased to £448,416 from £477,393 in the prior year, resulting in an operating deficit of £25,752. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £52,106 in its current account, alongside an investment fund valued at £396,310. The trustees' report indicates the Foundation continued to progress satisfactorily with its fundraising and award-giving activities during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: continue building reserves over the medium term (held: £52k)

“The Foundation’s policy is to continue building reserves over the medium term (as an endowment fund) concurrent with increasing expenditure on grant-giving activities.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mark Evison Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

AMY ZAMBON
DAVID HARRIS
Dr Joseph Arthur Francis Spence · trustee of 1 other charity
ELIZABETH EVISON
Georgina Elizabeth Speller
IAN MACAUSLAN
Lucien Mulberg
MARGARET EVISON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£116k	£142k
31/08/2024	£91k	£113k
31/08/2023	£87k	£117k
31/08/2022	£59k	£124k
31/08/2021	£48k	£70k

Common questions

Is MARK EVISON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total assets decreased to £448,416 from £477,393 in the prior year, resulting in an operating deficit of £25,752. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £52,106 in its current account, alongside an investment fund valued at £396,310. The trustees' report indicates the Foundation continued to progress satisfactorily with its fundraising and award-giving activities during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MARK EVISON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MARK EVISON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE TIMOTHY FRANEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2022	£11k	Mark Evison Foundation
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2024	£10k	youth
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2025	£10k	youth
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2023	£5k	Youth
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2022	£5k	Youth
THE TIMOTHY FRANEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k

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
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	2	£110k
KAHAL IMREI CHAIM LIMITED	2	£97k
TRUEDENE CO LIMITED	2	£30k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	2	£26k
YBP LIMITED	1	—
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	1	£302k
PARKWILL LIMITED	1	£208k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER	1	£192k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION.

EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION income £4.7m
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION income £115k
EZER MIKOIDESH FOUNDATION income £493k
YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD income £627k
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT income £1.2m
PS FOUNDATION income £560k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARK EVISON FOUNDATION	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION FY2025	£4.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EZER MIKOIDESH FOUNDATION FY2025	£493k	—	unclear	—	noted
YOUTH FOCUS NORTH WEST LTD FY2025	£627k	—	above	—	no doubt
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FY2024	£1.2m	—	below	—	no doubt

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