THE ATLAS FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1161179 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ATLAS RUGBY FOUNDATION
Support financial and otherwise of projects that involve rugby or the rugby community and help disadvantaged people around the world.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £92,603 and total net assets of £1,260,577, comprising £193,590 in unrestricted funds and £1,066,987 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to hold £80,000 in reserves to cover operating costs, a target which is exceeded by the current unrestricted balance. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £80,000 (held: £194k)
“we aim to hold £80,000 in our reserves to cover these operating costs should our income substantially decline.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Lord Addington provided office space for staff meetings and intern interviews.
“Thanks to Lord Addington The Atlas Foundation was also able to use the office space in Millbank House on the parliamentary estate to hold 7 staff meetings and the interviews for our Intern placement.”
“Trustee Damian Bradbury is a director of St. James’s Place, during the period St James’s Place donated 20 hours of meeting room usage for staff and board meetings.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: St. James’s Place, directed by Trustee Damian Bradbury, provided meeting room usage.
“Thanks to Lord Addington The Atlas Foundation was also able to use the office space in Millbank House on the parliamentary estate to hold 7 staff meetings and the interviews for our Intern placement.”
“Trustee Damian Bradbury is a director of St. James’s Place, during the period St James’s Place donated 20 hours of meeting room usage for staff and board meetings.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Ben Nicholson made donations to the Nicholson Memorial Fund and unrestricted funds.
“Thanks to Lord Addington The Atlas Foundation was also able to use the office space in Millbank House on the parliamentary estate to hold 7 staff meetings and the interviews for our Intern placement.”
“Trustee Damian Bradbury is a director of St. James’s Place, during the period St James’s Place donated 20 hours of meeting room usage for staff and board meetings.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Atlas Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Schroders — “At the 2024 Schroders UK Platform Awards, The Atlas Foundation was honoured to be chosen as the charity of choice, thanks to the unwavering …” (source page)
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.
- BRADBURY, Damian John — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
- BRACKEN, Nicholas Patrick — director, appointed 14/07/2024on trustee list
- NICHOLSON, Ben Edward — director, appointed 29/09/2020on trustee list
- BLAIR, Neil Lyndon Marc — director, appointed 09/12/2017on trustee list
- 6TH BARON ADDINGTON, Dominic Bryce Hubbard, Lord — director, appointed 09/09/2016not on trustee list
- LEONARD, Jason — director, appointed 17/03/2015not on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£249k
Reported reserves equal ~19.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 28.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
- JASON LEONARD OBEchair
- Ben Edward Nicholson
- Damian John Bradbury
- Lord Addington
- Neil Blair · trustee of 3 other charities
- Nicholas Patrick Bracken
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE ATLAS FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £92,603 and total net assets of £1,260,577, comprising £193,590 in unrestricted funds and £1,066,987 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to hold £80,000 in reserves to cover operating costs, a target which is exceeded by the current unrestricted balance. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds THE ATLAS FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ATLAS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include WASPS LEGENDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE DANSON FOUNDATION, THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O., MACE FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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