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NIALLS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1174677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NIALL'S FOUNDATION

To advance the education of the public in general in the treatment and cure of spinal injuries by providing grants to promote research for the public benefit in all aspects of that subject and to publish the useful results.

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Latest income
£912k
Latest spending
£309k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,803,242 at year-end, which is significantly above its stated policy target of holding no reserves. The charity reported a net income increase to £604,412, driven by higher donations, while charitable expenditure decreased slightly to £307,655.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from companies, trusts and similar proceeds (93% of income)
“The principle funding source is donations received from Fuel Service Ltd.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: not to hold any reserves (held: £1.8m)
“The policy of the charity is not to hold any reserves. All funds received are used to fund grants at the earliest opportunity.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£912k
Total spending
£309k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~69.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Canada · France · Germany · Netherlands · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£912k£309k
30/06/2024£681k£353k
30/06/2023£356k£173k
30/06/2022£521k£202k
30/06/2021£268k£13k

Common questions

Is NIALLS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,803,242 at year-end, which is significantly above its stated policy target of holding no reserves. The charity reported a net income increase to £604,412, driven by higher donations, while charitable expenditure decreased slightly to £307,655. 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
BEAULAND LIMITED1£128k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION1£13k
THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST1£7k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST1£5k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NIALLS FOUNDATION£912k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION FY2024£262k—0above—no doubt
NNS FOUNDATION FY2025£10.0m—0unclear—no doubt
NER FOUNDATION FY2025£606k—0unclear—no doubt
STOKE MANDEVILLE SPINAL RESEARCH FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
WINGS FOR LIFE UK SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025£7.0m—3unclear19.0%no doubt

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