THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1178029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Noel Coward Foundation is an international non-governmental, non-religious organisation established in 2018.The aim of the charity is the advancement of education and drama by the promotion of education of students and other personas in the arts of drama and theatre, other charitable purposes in connection with drama and theatre as the trustees from time to time see fit.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND DRAMA BY THE PROMOTION, WHETHER IN ENGLAND OR ELSEWHERE, OF THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE ARTS OF DRAMA AND THE THEATRE. 2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARTS OF DRAMA, THE THEATRE AND MUSIC AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES OF THE CIO FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · 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

£361k

Latest spending

£504k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £315,407, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £142,745 for the year, resulting in a decrease in fund balances from £458,245 to £315,407.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (reserves figure: £315k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity charged a management fee and recharged salary costs to Noel Coward Archive Trust.

“The Charity charged a management fee of £25,973 and recharged salary costs to Noel Coward Archive Trust.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Brodie · trustee of 3 other charities
Peter William Kyle
ROBERT LEE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£361k	£504k
31/03/2024	£345k	£350k
31/03/2023	£213k	£290k
31/03/2022	£96k	£243k
31/03/2021	£462k	£307k

Common questions

Is THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £315,407, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £142,745 for the year, resulting in a decrease in fund balances from £458,245 to £315,407. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Charity of Thomas Dawson	1	£36k
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITY	1	£22k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£15k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£5k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOEL COWARD ARCHIVE TRUST.

NOEL COWARD ARCHIVE TRUST income £129k
THE NORTH WALL TRUST income £652k
THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION income £394k
NORTHERN DANCE income £87k
NATIONAL DRAMA income £28k
NORWOOD SCHOOLS LTD income £32.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION	£361k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOEL COWARD ARCHIVE TRUST FY2025	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORTH WALL TRUST FY2025	£652k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION FY2025	£394k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHERN DANCE FY2025	£87k	—	below	—	no doubt
NATIONAL DRAMA FY2024	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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