THE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1166987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objectives of the Foundation are to attract donations with which to grant awards for the advancement of education in Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE NOW OR MAY HEREAFTER BE DEEMED BY ENGLISH LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of US$3,453,104, derived principally from a £3m endowment made in 2016. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds these funds for support of its charitable objects, with net income for the year being US$112,655 against expenditure of US$1,218. The financial statements were 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Georgios Kantas
• Shane DeBeer

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · United States

Income and spending

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