THE DEBRA REISS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1169323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Principal objectives are: 1) to assist any charity whose aims include advancing education of persons in the UK to relieve poverty or financial hardship in the UK or worldwide 2) to develop the capability and skills of socially disadvantaged communities in the UK3) such other charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may determine

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£413k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,180,746, which the Trustees consider adequate to protect charitable property and ensure solvency. The charity generated a net income of £453,416 from investment income, with total expenditure on charitable activities and governance amounting to £74,971. The Trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: protect the Company's charitable property, including the investments held and to seek to ensure the solvency of the company (held: £8.2m)

“The current reserve policy is to protect the Company's charitable property, including the investments held and to seek to ensure the solvency of the company. The Trustees continue to follow a reserves policy which reflects the precise risks and other circumstances of the time.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wilder Coe Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 10237698

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

JOSEPH, Simon — director, appointed 13/08/2025on trustee list
REISS, David Anthony — director, appointed 17/06/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID ANTHONY REISSchair
Simon Joseph

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£413k	£75k
30/06/2024	£412k	£153k
30/06/2023	£441k	£236k
30/06/2022	£238k	£125k
30/06/2021	£199k	£60k

Common questions

Is THE DEBRA REISS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,180,746, which the Trustees consider adequate to protect charitable property and ensure solvency. The charity generated a net income of £453,416 from investment income, with total expenditure on charitable activities and governance amounting to £74,971. The Trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wilder Coe Ltd.

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
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION income £335k
THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD income £9.8m
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND income £400k
INDEPENDENT CHOICES GREATER MANCHESTER income £224k
THE SAID FOUNDATION income £5.0m
THE JAMES DYSON FOUNDATION income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE DEBRA REISS FOUNDATION	£413k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION FY2025	£335k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LODDON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£9.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND FY2024	£400k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INDEPENDENT CHOICES GREATER MANCHESTER FY2025	£224k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAID FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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