ISLE OF WIGHT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1163489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation awards grants to projects supporting two key themes; access to employment and building better communities. Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organisations like charities, community interest companies, voluntary and community groups.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£104k

Latest spending

£103k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £908 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing unrestricted reserves to £402. The charity is supported by donations from its founding member organisations and has minimal administrative costs with no stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £402; policy: no immediate need to build up any reserves)

“The Trustees therefore have no immediate need to build up any reserves and can budget to maximise the use of funds for the Isle of Wight community.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08804485

Funders the charity credits

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

IW Foundation — “the Isle of Wight Foundation – made up of partners behind the PFI – which has donated nearly a million pounds to local good causes.” (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.

FELLOWS, Edward Harley — director, appointed 03/03/2026on trustee list
MARTINEZ, Victoria Jane — director, appointed 02/09/2025on trustee list
SUNDERLAND, John Mark — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
JUDET, Arnaud Frederic Emmanuel — director, appointed 25/05/2017on trustee list
ATLEY, Caron — secretary, appointed 02/09/2025

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

Edward Harley Fellowschair
Arnaud Frederic Emmanuel Judet
John Mark Sunderland
Victoria Martinez

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£104k	£103k
31/12/2023	£94k	£104k
31/12/2022	£91k	£96k
31/12/2021	£80k	£88k
31/12/2020	£80k	£72k

Common questions

Is ISLE OF WIGHT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £908 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing unrestricted reserves to £402. The charity is supported by donations from its founding member organisations and has minimal administrative costs with no stated reserves policy target. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£75k
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	1	£615k
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	1	£141k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£140k
THE RANWORTH TRUST 1985	1	£90k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£70k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£55k
THE EQUITIX FOUNDATION	1	£41k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £656k
THE WIGHT AID FOUNDATION income £112k
COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT income £2.0m
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON income £3.1m
ISSA FOUNDATION income £9.9m
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ISLE OF WIGHT FOUNDATION	£104k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024	£656k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	within	12.8%	no doubt
THE WIGHT AID FOUNDATION FY2024	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON FY2025	£3.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	2	unclear	2.8%	no doubt
ISSA FOUNDATION FY2024	£9.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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