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THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1178329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees make grants to relieve poverty or to promote education anywhere in the world.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£830k
Latest spending
£250k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,016,663, which the trustees state are sufficient to cover management costs and respond to emergency grant applications. The organization has no employees and incurred no fundraising costs, with all charitable expenditure directed entirely toward grants. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by adequate resources and a clear investment policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs and to respond to emergency applications for grants (held: £2.0m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity. There are sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs and to respond to emergency applications for grants which arise from time to time.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“There were donations from trustees of £779,413 (2014 £130,000) unrestricted” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£830k
Total spending
£250k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~96.8 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 (94% 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: 0.6% 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: Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Estonia · Georgia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Latvia · Lithuania · Moldova · Russia · Tajikistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£830k£250k
31/01/2024£138k£45k
31/01/2023£1.2m£481k
31/01/2022£540k£1.4m
31/01/2021£813k£52k

Common questions

Is THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,016,663, which the trustees state are sufficient to cover management costs and respond to emergency grant applications. The organization has no employees and incurred no fundraising costs, with all charitable expenditure directed entirely toward grants. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by adequate resources and a clear investment policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION£830k—0above—no doubt
THE MABS MARDULYN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£271k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JAMEEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION UK FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
GRAHAME CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£262k—0unclear—noted
THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt

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