ROYAL NATIONAL CHILDREN'S SPRINGBOARD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1167491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, ROYAL SPRINGBOARD

Awarding Grants

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ASSISTING IN THE SCHOOLING OR TRAINING OF, OR BY PROVIDING STRUCTURED VACATIONS FOR, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (B) THE PROMOTION OF PERSONAL SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE, ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BECAUSE OF TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: (I) FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; (II) FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE DEATH OR ABSENCE OF A PARENT, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR ILLNESS OF EITHER THEMSELVES OR A PARENT, OR THE DIVORCE OR SEPARATION OF THEIR PARENTS; OR (III) SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; AND (C) THE ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE WHO FINANCIALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY SUPPORT SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OR WHO FORM PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS BY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION TO), PROVIDING MEANS-TESTED BURSARIES AND OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT STATE AND INDEPENDENT, DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOLS AND THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INTO EARLY ADULT LIFE.

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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Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure before investment gains of £118,881 for the year ended 31 July 2025, which was funded by realized gains from its investment portfolio. The charity holds total reserves of £33.3m, which the Trustees consider sufficient to guarantee the completion of pupils' education even in the event of a severe drop in annual income. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate 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 HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

What the charity says about itself

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Ali Henderson — Chief Executive (source)
• Nick Owen, CBE — Chairman (source)
• Sarah Butterworth — Director Schools Engagement (source)
• Leah Morgan — Director Programmes & Innovation (source)
• Marie Lambert — Director Finance & Compliance (source)
• Veronika Tugendraich-Garwolinski — Director Fundraising (source)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~128.6 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 (58% 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: 5.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicholas Owen CBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colin Ian Brereton · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emily Meeyoung Sun · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jane Teresa Lunnon BA Hons
• Lady Celia Anne Dunstone · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD WAYNE LEWIS · trustee of 4 other charities
• TIMOTHY BUNTING · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Michael Jeffreys De Winton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPRINGBOARD PROJECT.

• SPRINGBOARD PROJECT income £469k
• THE SPRINGBOARD CHARITY income £3.7m
• ST WILFRID'S PRE-SCHOOL income £123k
• THE SPRING PLAYGROUP CHARITY income £125k
• N D EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £27k
• SPRINGWOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £99k

Side by side with its peers

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