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The Arete Foundation

Registered charity 1184657 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRAETURA FOUNDATION

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND BY MAKING GRANTS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CL

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Latest income
£232k
Latest spending
£261k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £28,952 for the period, resulting in a decrease in closing bank balances from £44,947 to £15,995. The trustees' report indicates a policy to hold reserves of at least 15% of income to support sustainable grant giving, though the specific reserves figure is not explicitly stated in the provided financial summary. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 15% of income received
“The foundation aims to hold reserves of 15% of income received (as a minimum) to support sustainable grant giving and to ensure no grant pledges are unfulfilled.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£232k£261k
31/12/2023£242k£228k
31/12/2022£291k£265k
31/12/2021£64k£59k
31/12/2020£0£0

Common questions

Is The Arete Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £28,952 for the period, resulting in a decrease in closing bank balances from £44,947 to £15,995. The trustees' report indicates a policy to hold reserves of at least 15% of income to support sustainable grant giving, though the specific reserves figure is not explicitly stated in the provided financial summary. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£200k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION1£6k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY1£5k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST1£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION1£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Chester Le Street United Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Arete Foundation£232k—0unclear—no doubt
Chester Le Street United Foundation FY2025£256k—0below—no doubt
JCD FOUNDATION FY2024£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
Solihull Moors Foundation FY2025£894k—0unclear—noted
THE LIZ AND JACK DANIEL FOUNDATION FY2024£491k£80,001 - £90,0002unclear—no doubt
THE NAGLE FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt

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