THE CYNARA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1165220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides grants to individuals in need and/or charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF GLOBAL POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£153k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £47,438 against total expenditure of £153,475, indicating a reserves position below one year of operating costs. The trustees report that they are satisfied with the current level of reserves, which are primarily maintained in the expendable endowment fund to generate income for future grant-making. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the endowment fund at a level to provide a sufficient capital base to generate än income level sufficient to maintain the level of grant making planned in the future (reserves figure: £47k)

“The trustees aim to maintain the endowment fund at a level to provide a sufficient capital base to generate än income level sufficient to maintain the level of grant making planned in the future.” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Investment
Risk management

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 05/04/2026

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

VERONICA ENGchair
CHRISTOPHER PHILIP SNOWDEN
Peter George Gibbs

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Central African Republic · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Eritrea · Ethiopia · India · Indonesia · Laos · Liberia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£153k	£153k
05/04/2025	£113k	£113k
05/04/2024	£93k	£93k
05/04/2023	£60k	£114k
05/04/2022	£114k	£114k

Common questions

Is THE CYNARA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £47,438 against total expenditure of £153,475, indicating a reserves position below one year of operating costs. The trustees report that they are satisfied with the current level of reserves, which are primarily maintained in the expendable endowment fund to generate income for future grant-making. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KINEARA CHARITY.

KINEARA CHARITY income £125k
ZARINA FOUNDATION income £176k
THE TANAGRA FOUNDATION income £182k
THE CORONA CHARITABLE TRUST income £49k
THINK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £50k
THE CLEARY FOUNDATION income £49k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CYNARA FOUNDATION	£153k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KINEARA CHARITY FY2025	£125k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ZARINA FOUNDATION FY2025	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TANAGRA FOUNDATION FY2025	£182k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE CORONA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£49k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THINK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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