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KEN DODD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1179779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to advance the education of the public in the performing arts

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

Latest income
£508k
Latest spending
£916k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £12,790,500, comprising £12,722,796 in endowment funds and £67,704 in unrestricted funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £389,614 for the year, primarily driven by grants totalling £852,413 which exceeded investment income of £507,454. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)
“Investment income 507,454” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a level which is designed to meet approved grant applications and governance costs (held: £68k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which is designed to meet approved grant applications and governance costs .” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£508k
Total spending
£916k
Cost of raising funds
£59k
Reserves (reported)
£68k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 11.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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£508k£916k
31/03/2024£626k£552k
31/03/2023£540k£543k
31/03/2022£557k£527k
31/03/2021£460k£571k

Common questions

Is KEN DODD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £12,790,500, comprising £12,722,796 in endowment funds and £67,704 in unrestricted funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £389,614 for the year, primarily driven by grants totalling £852,413 which exceeded investment income of £507,454. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit 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 ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£506k
ASHKELON FOUNDATION1£438k
MIDDLE WAY TRUST1£25k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£18k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEN DODD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£508k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation FY2024£895k——unclear—no doubt
RATANBEN ZAVERCHAND KARA FOUNDATION FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
THE KANTA FOUNDATION FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION FY2025£9.2m——unclear—no doubt

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