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The Ethos Foundation

Registered charity 1166697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE REEKIMLANE FOUNDATION

Supporting local communities and society in general.

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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £58,129,936, supported by a total investment portfolio valued at £57,996,932. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: spend down by December 2035 (held: £58.1m)
“The Foundation intends to spend down its reserves by December 2035” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 18 Connected charities
“The Childhood Trust (Registered Charity 1154032) which received £1,100,000, The Cabrach Trust (Scottish Charity SC043771) which received £791,201, Thrive at Five (Registered Charity 1195059) which received £300,000, and The Distillers' Charity (Registered Charity No 1038763) which received £9,000.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£3.5m
Reserves (reported)
£58.5m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~199.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (76% 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

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.1m£3.5m
30/09/2024£1.1m£3.1m
30/09/2023£1.3m£4.1m
30/09/2022£58.7m£2.0m
30/09/2021£1000k£1.4m

Common questions

Is The Ethos Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £58,129,936, supported by a total investment portfolio valued at £57,996,932. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Ethos Foundation£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE ETHICAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION FY2025£251k£60,000 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION FY2025£5.0m—0above—no doubt
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION FY2026£180k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELYSIUM FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£107k—0above—no doubt
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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