THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1177514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SKAGEN FOUNDATION

The Foundation makes grants to promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public and to advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment, and to promote study and research in such subjects.

Objects

3.1.1 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE;AND IN CLAUSES 3.1.1 AND 3.1.2, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS"3.1.3 TO ADVANCE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£6.1m
Latest spending
£5.6m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased from £9,619,858 in 2024 to £10,077,383 in 2025, with unrestricted funds comprising the entirety of these assets. The balance sheet shows current assets of £10,834,470 against current liabilities of £757,087, resulting in positive net current assets. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risks to the charity's continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£90,001–£100,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram · linkedin

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

Total income
£6.1m
Total spending
£5.6m
Reserves (reported)
£10.1m
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~21.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (5.3%) (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£6.1m£5.6m
31/03/2024£5.7m£4.7m
31/03/2023£5.4m£4.9m
31/03/2022£5.1m£4.5m
31/03/2021£5.3m£5.6m

Common questions

Is THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased from £9,619,858 in 2024 to £10,077,383 in 2025, with unrestricted funds comprising the entirety of these assets. The balance sheet shows current assets of £10,834,470 against current liabilities of £757,087, resulting in positive net current assets. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risks to the charity's continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2021£50kResourcing Racial Justice Fund
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust13/12/2024£5kA grant to Thirty Percy

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION£6.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION FY2026£211k£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT FY2025£63k—0below—no doubt
ALAN BAXTER FOUNDATION FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
LTPP FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt

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