THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1171947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC051982 (OSCR)

The CWGF is a charitable foundation highlighting the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). We engage young people from communities around the UK interested in the story of our common sacrifice and shared history.By supporting the CWGF, people will enable us to fund education and activities which will capture the public imagination, and highlight the work the CWGC does.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £315,000, which is above the charity's stated policy target of six months' payroll costs (£90,000). The charity reports a net asset position of £315,000 and confirms it is a going concern, supported by a funding model with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and a £500,000 loan facility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 45.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIG ALASTAIR ANDREW BERNARD REIBEY BRUCE OF CRIONAICH
• Christopher Walsh
• DAME JUDITH MAYHEW JONAS DBE
• Gerald Anthony Allison
• Julian Ascott Evans
• The Rt Hon Kevan Jones
• The Rt Hon. Philip Martin Dunne · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 WAR MEMORIALS TRUST.

• WAR MEMORIALS TRUST income £339k
• COMMONWEALTH GIRLS EDUCATION FUND (CGEF) income £110k
• Commonwealth Jewish Council income £181k
• ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES income £8.1m
• BRITISH FORCES FOUNDATION income £689k
• THE ROYAL WELSH REGIMENTAL WELFARE AND BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION income £351k

Side by side with its peers

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