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The Ethos Foundation

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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £57,341,797 at the year-end, an increase from the previous year. The trustees confirm that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: spend down by December 2035 (held: £57.3m)
“The Foundation intends to spend down its reserves by December 2035, as set out within its Investment Policy.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Cabrach Distillery CIC
“The Cabrach Trust ('the Trust') received a total of £1,000,000 in grants (2023: £1,650,000), including the final tranche of capital funding to establish the Cabrach Distillery, which will be operated by the Trust’s trading subsidiary, The Cabrach Distillery CIC.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grunberg & Co Limited.

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).

Trustees

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?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £57,341,797 at the year-end, an increase from the previous year. The trustees confirm that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that there are no material uncertainties related to going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Grunberg & Co Limited.

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£323k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

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