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THE JAN AND CATHERINE NASMYTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the Foundation is to advance such exclusively charitable purposes for the public benefit as the charitytrustees from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit. The organisation carries out its purposes by making grants to other organisations in furtherance of its purposes.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£126k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £8,343,147, supported by total income of £1,273,723 and net income of £1,157,575. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding going concern and note that the charity does not carry out significant fundraising activities, relying instead on donations from a family trust and investment income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to provide a long term resource for the Foundation's future grant making (held: £8.3m)
“It is the Foundation's policy to maintain the reserves to provide a long term resource for the Foundation's future grant making.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Nasmyth family trust
“During the year ended 31st March 2025, the Foundation received donations of £550,000 (2024: £650,000) from a Nasmyth family trust of which Mr S J Kinna and Mr P G B Dodson are among the trustees.” — page 19
“Mr S J Kinna, a trustee of this Foundation, was a partner of Sampson Fielding Limited, who acted as accountants to the Foundation during the year under review. This firm provided professional services during the year amounting to £8,050 plus VAT” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Accountancy services from Sampson Fielding Limited
“During the year ended 31st March 2025, the Foundation received donations of £550,000 (2024: £650,000) from a Nasmyth family trust of which Mr S J Kinna and Mr P G B Dodson are among the trustees.” — page 19
“Mr S J Kinna, a trustee of this Foundation, was a partner of Sampson Fielding Limited, who acted as accountants to the Foundation during the year under review. This firm provided professional services during the year amounting to £8,050 plus VAT” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Administrative services from Shaw Valley Limited
“During the year ended 31st March 2025, the Foundation received donations of £550,000 (2024: £650,000) from a Nasmyth family trust of which Mr S J Kinna and Mr P G B Dodson are among the trustees.” — page 19
“Mr S J Kinna, a trustee of this Foundation, was a partner of Sampson Fielding Limited, who acted as accountants to the Foundation during the year under review. This firm provided professional services during the year amounting to £8,050 plus VAT” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£126k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£8.3m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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£1.3m£126k
31/03/2024£1.4m£90k
31/03/2023£1.2m£48k
31/03/2022£1.1m£76k
31/03/2021£812k£35k

Common questions

Is THE JAN AND CATHERINE NASMYTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £8,343,147, supported by total income of £1,273,723 and net income of £1,157,575. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding going concern and note that the charity does not carry out significant fundraising activities, relying instead on donations from a family trust and investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

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 GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY1£29k
SUICIDE & CO1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JAN AND CATHERINE NASMYTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025£450k—0unclear—no doubt
NNS FOUNDATION FY2025£10.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION FY2025£304k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION FY2023£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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