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THE MATHERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1182172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£850k
Latest spending
£163k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £988,431 for the year ended 31 January 2025, driven by significant investment gains of £301,377. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £3.1 million, a level the trustees consider sufficient to match the long-term liability of conserving the living plant collection and cover unforeseen eventualities.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: match the liability of the living plant collection (held: £3.2m)
“the policy of the trustees is to build and maintain non-ringfenced reserves to match this liability, rather than necessarily relying on annual donations to fund the running costs of the collection.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Mathers Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£850k
Total spending
£163k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£3.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~232.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£850k£163k
31/01/2024£994k£154k
31/01/2023£964k£108k
31/01/2022£301k£88k
31/01/2021£260k£121k

Common questions

Is THE MATHERS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £988,431 for the year ended 31 January 2025, driven by significant investment gains of £301,377. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £3.1 million, a level the trustees consider sufficient to match the long-term liability of conserving the living plant collection and cover unforeseen eventualities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION1£1k

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