WOODSMITH FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1163127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIRIUS MINERALS FOUNDATION LIMITED, YORK POTASH FOUNDATION

When operational, the Foundation will make grants towards projects and individuals/organisations which match the criteria set out in the charitable objects of the approved Articles of Association. The charity is required to invest a proportion of its' income and to adhere to a maximum expenditure outside the 'area of interest' of 25% of income.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,196,740 at the end of the financial year, having spent more than it received in income. The trustees report that the charity is reliant on income from Anglo American and its investment portfolio, noting that a donation of £1m was paid to support work across 2025 and 2026. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fortus Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08087609

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Leah Swain — Chief Executive (source)
• Sir Martin Narey DL — Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Anglo American — “The Woodsmith Foundation is an independent charity, funded by Anglo American and Anglo American Foundation.” (source page)
• Anglo American Foundation — “The Woodsmith Foundation is an independent charity, funded by Anglo American and Anglo American Foundation.” (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.

• MUMFORD, Laura Claire — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
• DUNN, Jonathan — director, appointed 20/01/2026on trustee list
• WOODS, William Buxton — director, appointed 29/04/2021on trustee list
• NAREY, Martin James, Sir — director, appointed 21/04/2021on trustee list
• WALMSLEY, Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 09/03/2021on trustee list
• FLYNN, Jacqueline — director, appointed 20/05/2020on trustee list
• SWALES, Ian Cameron — director, appointed 11/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elizabeth Walmsley · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN CAMERON SWALES
• Jacqueline Flynn
• Jonathan Dunn
• Laura Mumford
• Martin James Narey Sir
• William Buxton Woods

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

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Side by side with its peers

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