Veddis Foundation

Registered charity 1166075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LETZDREAM FOUNDATION

Makes Grants To Organisations.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.(II) THE CHARITY WILL OPERATE BY SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITH A FOCUS ON CHARITIES OPERATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IN THE EARLY YEARS, THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY OF FOCUS WILL BE INDIA BUT THE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD WILL BE EXPANDED OVER TIME TO INCLUDE OTHER COUNTRIES.

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £10,093,936 to £9,439,148 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources, partially offset by investment gains. The trustees report no formal reserves policy but maintain funds to preserve operational continuity. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lopian Gross Barnett & Co. 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£9.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~40.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£2.8m
31/03/2024£2.4m£2.6m
31/03/2023£10.3m£2.6m
31/03/2022£1.3m£478k
31/03/2021£0£124k

Common questions

Is Veddis Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £10,093,936 to £9,439,148 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources, partially offset by investment gains. The trustees report no formal reserves policy but maintain funds to preserve operational continuity. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lopian Gross Barnett & Co.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KARAVIOTIS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Veddis Foundation£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
KARAVIOTIS FOUNDATION FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
ADAR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION FY2025£165k—0below—no doubt
RICHARD DAVIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£29k—0above—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt

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