THE RAYNE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1179912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation's grant making is bridge building to connect people and communities by bringing them together for the good of society, and ultimately to help create a more comprehending and cohesive world. The Trustees consider projects in areas covering the arts, health and wellbeing, education - in its widest sense, and social issues.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds high cash reserves and sufficient free reserves to meet all current and anticipated future commitments. The Trustees confirm that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate as there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £120,001 - £130,000 (FY2024) to £130,001 - £140,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11559926

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RICH, Miriam — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
• RAYNE, Alexander, The Honourable — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
• VINER, Nicholas — director, appointed 05/12/2023not on trustee list
• WOOD, Tamara Annabel, The Honourable — director, appointed 06/06/2023on trustee list
• SANDELSON, Jeremy — director, appointed 06/06/2023on trustee list
• NEUBERGER, Julia Babette Sarah, Rabbi Baroness — director, appointed 10/09/2018on trustee list
• RAYNE, Natasha Deborah, The Honourable — director, appointed 10/09/2018on trustee list
• RAYNE, Nicholas Alexander, The Honourable — director, appointed 10/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £4.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARONESS JULIA BABETTE SARAH NEUBERGER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jeremy Sandelson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Miriam Rich
• Nick Viner · trustee of 3 other charities
• The Honourable NATASHA DEBORAH RAYNE
• The Honourable NICHOLAS ALEXANDER RAYNE MA (OXON), MSC
• The Honourable Alexander Rayne
• The Honourable Tamara Wood · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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