THE GALEN AND HILARY WESTON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1167260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SELFRIDGES GROUP FOUNDATION

The Galen and Hilary Weston Foundation (previously The Selfridges Group Foundation) funds research and support that will transform the landscape of treatment and care for those affected by neurodegenerative diseases of ageing.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £1,481,042 from £1,808,844 in the prior year, driven by a significant increase in grant expenditure to £1,295,695 against incoming resources of £1,064,947. The Trustees report no target level of reserves and confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a letter of funding commitment from 101 Whichmore Properties Limited.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no target level of reserves set (held: £1.5m)

“The Trustees intend to distribute substantially all undistributed funds by the making of grants within a reasonable timeframe, and on this basis, there is no target level of reserves set.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Duke Street Property Limited donated services

“The Foundation received donated management services from Duke Street Property Limited during the year, the value of the services provided amounts to £7,622 (2024: £7,139).” — page 18

“Expenditure on staff of the Wittington Investments, Limited working for the charity are recharged to the Foundation. Staff costs recharged for the financial year amounted to £18,118 (2024: nil).” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Wittington Investments, Limited staff costs recharged

“The Foundation received donated management services from Duke Street Property Limited during the year, the value of the services provided amounts to £7,622 (2024: £7,139).” — page 18

“Expenditure on staff of the Wittington Investments, Limited working for the charity are recharged to the Foundation. Staff costs recharged for the financial year amounted to £18,118 (2024: nil).” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£1.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~12.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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

ALANNAH ELIZABETH COCHRANEchair
ANTHONY DAVID EDWARDS · trustee of 1 other charity
Alexandria Josefina Forbes
Dr Sarah Caddick
James Tugendhat · trustee of 1 other charity
John Edgar

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.1m	£1.4m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£396k
31/12/2023	£1.0m	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£1.0m	£905k
31/12/2021	£1.1m	£628k

Common questions

Is THE GALEN AND HILARY WESTON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £1,481,042 from £1,808,844 in the prior year, driven by a significant increase in grant expenditure to £1,295,695 against incoming resources of £1,064,947. The Trustees report no target level of reserves and confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a letter of funding commitment from 101 Whichmore Properties Limited. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CURE LEUKAEMIA	1	£250k
ATTEND	1	£118k
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED	1	£90k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, LINDLEY, HUDDERSFIELD	1	£40k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN	1	£27k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£25k
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY OF THE ANNUNCIATION BEAMINSTER	1	£25k

Charities like this

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

GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION income £165.4m
THE WEST FOUNDATION income £77k
RETA LILA WESTON TRUST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH income £1.0m
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL income £254k
WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD income £4.0m
THE RENE AND GHISLAINE OF PARIS HEALING FOUNDATION income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GALEN AND HILARY WESTON FOUNDATION	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION FY2025	£165.4m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE WEST FOUNDATION FY2025	£77k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RETA LILA WESTON TRUST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL FY2025	£254k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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