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THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1168170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Causes: Disability · General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,000, which meets the trustees' stated policy target of holding three months of expenditure (approximately £5,000). The charity reports a strong positive cash balance of £621,495 and confirms that forecasts show it can continue in operational existence for the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £5k)
“The Trustees considered it would be appropriate to hold the equivalent of 3 months expenditure. 3 months expenditure would equate to holding approximately £5K in free reserves.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Balance owed by Middleton Enterprises Limited, an entity with common control where trustees are also directors.
“A balance of £721,444 (2024: £721,444) was owed by Middleton Enterprises Limited, an entity in which there is common control in which trustees of the charity are also directors of the company.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Charity Escapes Trading Company Limited
“The company had a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Charity Escapes Trading Company Limited (Company number 10480807) which was wound up on 10 September 2024.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£267k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~111.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£145k£38k
31/03/2024£168k£180k
31/03/2023£2.7m£267k
31/03/2022£154k£186k
31/03/2021£99k£187k

Common questions

Is THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,000, which meets the trustees' stated policy target of holding three months of expenditure (approximately £5,000). The charity reports a strong positive cash balance of £621,495 and confirms that forecasts show it can continue in operational existence for the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIDDLE WAY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION£145k—0within—no doubt
MIDDLE WAY TRUST FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
MIDDLETON HALL TRUST FY2025£258k—0unclear—no doubt
M AND M FOUNDATION FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION FY2025£235k——within—no doubt
THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt

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