Academie du Vin Foundation

Registered charity 1180436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION (IWSC) FOUNDATION, IWSC FOUNDATION

The objects of the charity are the advancement of education of persons over the age of 16, by providing access to training, education or work experience for those who would not otherwise have access to such opportunities, in particular in the study of wine and spirits and the relief of poverty and sickness, in particular amongst those who have worked in the alcoholic beverage industry.

Objects

(1.) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 16, INCLUDING BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRAINING, EDUCATION OR WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH OPPORTUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR IN THE STUDY OF WINE AND SPIRITS, VINICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN RELATION TO THE PRODUCTION OF WINES AND SPIRITS. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE INDUSTRY AND IN PARTICULAR ARISING FROM ALCOHOLISM AND ALCOHOL RELATED DISEASES.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is well funded with unrestricted reserves of £485,490 and free reserves of £253,646, significantly exceeding its stated minimum reserves policy of £30,000. The trustees report no short or mid-term risks and confirm the charity has sufficient cash to meet planned activities for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.2 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 (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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ajit Puri
• Nicolas De Santis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Ivan Stoppard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tina Williams

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Canada · Chile · China · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · New Zealand · Portugal

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE MAXEM TRUST income £40k
• WINE AND SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST income £22.7m
• AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION income £641k
• FRIENDS OF WARDEN ABBEY VINEYARD income £27k
• EDEN ACADEMY COVENTRY income £264k
• Gerard Basset Foundation income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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