THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1171232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity will provide grants and other help (i.e. storage) to a range of charities and organisations to the direct benefit to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (such as refugees, ex-offenders and people with learning or physical disabilities) by helping these individuals to gain employment. this also provides benefit to the public by lessening the individuals dependence on benefits.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH REHABILITATION AND BY RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

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

Registered contact address: Surrey Heath, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Big Yellow Foundation reported total income of £520,590 and total expenditure of £476,171, resulting in a net surplus of £44,419 for the year. The charity's unrestricted reserves increased to £383,411, which is above its stated policy target of £280,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: ARMADILLO SELF STORAGE LIMITED Companies House 04415675
• Trading subsidiary: .BIG YELLOW SELF STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 05166173
• Trading subsidiary: BIG YELLOW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Companies House LP012574

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Big Yellow Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES GIBSONchair
• ANTHONY CHENERY
• CHERYL HATHAWAY
• Jessica Louise Pallot-Cook
• John Duncanson Hunter

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

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