JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1163970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q131888350

Three key areas of focus: 1) Educating on Factory Farming 2) Supporting the Coller School of Management and 3) Supporting Education, Culture and Other Causes

Objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ALL PURPOSES THAT ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32.5m
Latest spending
£14.8m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £206,798,000, with general funds of £8,051,000. Per the trustees' report, this level of general funds is in line with the reserves policy of covering at least six months of estimated operating expenses. The charity recorded a net income for the year of £31,207,000, supported by significant investment gains and donations from its primary settlor.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The remainder of the reserves are held as General Funds and represent at least six months of operating expenses, in line with the Reserves Policy. At the end of the year, the Foundation held reserves of £206,798,000 (2025: £175,591,000). This was comprised of an Expendable Endowment Fund of £123,623,000 (2025: £110,043,000), Designated Funds of £74,993,000 (2025: £56,488,000), Restricted Funds of £131,000 (2025: £312,000), and General Funds of £8,051,000 (2025: £8,748,000). This level of General Funds is in line with the reserves policy.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustee Jeremy Coller
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £26,112k (2025: £21,733k), comprising £17,996k in gilt securities and £8,116k in cash (2025: investment funds £21,733k). Associated Gift Aid of £2,029k was recognised in the year (2025: £ nil) from the cash donation from Jeremy Coller, a Trustee.” — page 46
“The charity received a gift in kind in donated services from Coller Holdings Ltd and Coller Capital Ltd of £433k (2025: £384k).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift in kind from Coller Holdings Ltd and Coller Capital Ltd
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £26,112k (2025: £21,733k), comprising £17,996k in gilt securities and £8,116k in cash (2025: investment funds £21,733k). Associated Gift Aid of £2,029k was recognised in the year (2025: £ nil) from the cash donation from Jeremy Coller, a Trustee.” — page 46
“The charity received a gift in kind in donated services from Coller Holdings Ltd and Coller Capital Ltd of £433k (2025: £384k).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharges from Coller Capital
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £26,112k (2025: £21,733k), comprising £17,996k in gilt securities and £8,116k in cash (2025: investment funds £21,733k). Associated Gift Aid of £2,029k was recognised in the year (2025: £ nil) from the cash donation from Jeremy Coller, a Trustee.” — page 46
“The charity received a gift in kind in donated services from Coller Holdings Ltd and Coller Capital Ltd of £433k (2025: £384k).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to The Coller Family Foundation
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £26,112k (2025: £21,733k), comprising £17,996k in gilt securities and £8,116k in cash (2025: investment funds £21,733k). Associated Gift Aid of £2,029k was recognised in the year (2025: £ nil) from the cash donation from Jeremy Coller, a Trustee.” — page 46
“The charity received a gift in kind in donated services from Coller Holdings Ltd and Coller Capital Ltd of £433k (2025: £384k).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Services from Bladonmore Ltd (Trustee Richard Rivlin connected)
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £26,112k (2025: £21,733k), comprising £17,996k in gilt securities and £8,116k in cash (2025: investment funds £21,733k). Associated Gift Aid of £2,029k was recognised in the year (2025: £ nil) from the cash donation from Jeremy Coller, a Trustee.” — page 46
“The charity received a gift in kind in donated services from Coller Holdings Ltd and Coller Capital Ltd of £433k (2025: £384k).”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Coller FAIRR Limited
“The subsidiary, Coller FAIRR Limited is consolidated into the financial statements on a line by line basis.” — page 29
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 27 (£60,001–£70,000: 8; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 5; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 18 (£60,001–£70,000: 5; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 4; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 12 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 4; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

COLLER FAIRR LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £85k
  • Profit before tax: £57k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £57k
  • Costs charged by parent charity: £18,547 (outstanding creditor)
“the directors have agreed to distribute all profits to its parent undertaking as a charitable contribution, the Jeremy Coller Foundation, a payment of £57,484, within six months of the year end.”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£32.5m
Total spending
£14.8m
Cost of raising funds
£417k
Reserves (reported)
£8.0m
Employees
51

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£32.5m£14.8m
31/03/2025£12.0m£13.0m
31/03/2024£19.8m£9.3m
31/03/2023£57.9m£7.1m
31/03/2022£56.2m£4.9m

Common questions

Is JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £206,798,000, with general funds of £8,051,000. Per the trustees' report, this level of general funds is in line with the reserves policy of covering at least six months of estimated operating expenses. The charity recorded a net income for the year of £31,207,000, supported by significant investment gains and donations from its primary settlor. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION£32.5m——below—no doubt
Coller Family Foundation FY2026£770k—0unclear—no doubt
The Joseph Collier Charitable Trust FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOLLY FOUNDATION FY2025£5.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION FY2025£480k——above—no doubt
JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION FY2025£808k—0above—no doubt

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