Natasha's Foundation

Registered charity 1181098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NARF, THE NATASHA ALLERGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC051610 (OSCR)

Our vision is to prevent and end allergic disease; it is also our mission to bring about positive change by focusing on law and policies, medical research and educating and raising allergy awareness. We want to ensure the needs of allergy sufferers are met in a meaningful way and to offer a real hope that will change the lives of all those living with this life threatening disease.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,000,000 for the year, bringing unrestricted reserves to £5,000,000. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Natasha's Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Nadim Ednan-Laperouse OBE — Founder & Trustee (source)
• Tanya Ednan-Laperouse OBE — Founder & Trustee (source)
• Jan Parnell — Director of Education (source)
• Rachel Ellis — Director of Communications (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Greggs — “Roger Whiteside, Chief Executive at Greggs said: “Following the successful implementation of Natasha’s Law, we are proud to support The Nata…” (source page)
• Tesco — “Sarah Bradbury, Group Quality Director, Tesco, said: “Tesco is really proud to support research into food allergies by helping raise funds a…” (source page)
• Co-op — “Matt Hood, Co-op’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: “The Natasha Foundation are helping so many people living with food allergies through the…” (source page)
• Morrisons — “David Scott, Morrisons Director of Corporate Affairs, said: “Morrisons is proud to work with Nadim and Tanya in their mission to make allerg…” (source page)
• Bakkavor — “Agust Gudmundsson, CEO at Bakkavor, said: “We’re delighted and proud to be supporting the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation in their first…” (source page)
• Sainsbury’s — “Kate Stein, Sainsbury’s Director of Technical, said: “Sainsbury’s has been at the forefront of understanding the challenges of food allergie…” (source page)
• Bidfood/Bidcorp UK — “Andrew Selley, CEO of Bidfood/Bidcorp UK: “We are incredibly proud to be a part of such important and potentially life-changing research tha…” (source page)
• Costa Coffee UK&I — “Adrian Cook, Chief Operating Officer and Interim Managing Director, Costa Coffee UK&I, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting such an impor…” (source page)
• Elior UK — “Elior UK CEO Catherine Roe said: “We are delighted to support Tanya and Nadim in their important work changing the way we manage allergies a…” (source page)
• Burger King® UK — “Alasdair Murdoch, CEO of Burger King® UK: “The Natasha Allergy Foundation is making exceptional efforts to drive change for those living wit…” (source page)
• Pret A Manger — “Pano Christou, Chief Executive of Pret A Manger, said: “Four years ago, we made a pledge to do everything we could to honour Natasha’s memor…” (source page)
• Lidl GB — “Georgina Hall, Lidl GB’s Head of Communications and CSR said: “Lidl GB is pleased to be working alongside Natasha’s Foundation and coming on…” (source page)
• LEON restaurants — “Glenn Edwards, Managing Director of LEON restaurants*,said: ”At LEON we are incred- ibly proud to support The Natasha Allergy Research Found…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 10.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nadim Christophe Ednan-Laperouse OBEchair
• Jeremy Hyam KC
• Nicholas Buckley
• Professor Daniel Ian Ray
• Professor Sir Stephen Townley Holgate CBE
• Stella Dorothy Bryan
• Tayana Ednan-Laperouse OBE
• Tim J Smith CBE
• Tom Montagu-Pollock

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH ALLERGY FOUNDATION.

• THE BRITISH ALLERGY FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• NATIONAL STAR FOUNDATION income £49.6m
• NIALLS FOUNDATION income £912k
• THE JANET NASH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £450k
• THE SHANTA FOUNDATION income £736k
• THE ASHA FOUNDATION income £162k

Side by side with its peers

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