The Aurelia Foundation

Registered charity 1161851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION

The trustees identify projects and organisations they wish to support and therefore the Foundation does not makegrants to people or organisations who apply speculatively. In order not to waste the resources of the Foundation,the Foundation also has a policy of not responding to any correspondence unless it relates to grants it has agreed to make or to the general management of the Foundation.

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Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£160k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £1,743,808, with unrestricted funds of £84,627. The trustees report no policy of retaining significant reserves other than covering three months of likely donations, and note that the charity is not a functional charity but a grant-maker which reduces risk. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The Foundation received donations of £97,940 including Gift Aid tax relief.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of likely donations (held: £85k)

“The trustees have no policy of retaining significant reserves, other than to ensure that sufficient funds are held at any one time to cover the likely donations of the next three months, although this is not essential since the trustees have the power to use the Expendable Endowment Fund if required for grant making purposes.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHARLOTTE CUNNINGHAMchair · trustee of 2 other charities
MARK VICTOR CUNNINGHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Wynne Finch · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£131k	£160k
05/04/2024	£147k	£143k
05/04/2023	£242k	£237k
05/04/2022	£230k	£208k
05/04/2021	£138k	£135k

Common questions

Is The Aurelia Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £1,743,808, with unrestricted funds of £84,627. The trustees report no policy of retaining significant reserves other than covering three months of likely donations, and note that the charity is not a functional charity but a grant-maker which reduces risk. The filing confirms the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Aurelia Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Aurelia Foundation as a grant recipient include THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k

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
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.8m
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION income £103k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION income £271k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
AURUM KALEIDOSCOPE FOUNDATION income £10.5m
THE AZOUZ FOUNDATION income £203k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Aurelia Foundation	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION FY2025	£271k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AURUM KALEIDOSCOPE FOUNDATION FY2025	£10.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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