MURRAY FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support the promotion of public education and research into mental health problems. To support the relief of persons suffering from mental health, preserve and protect the mental health of persons and relieve poverty among families of persons suffering from mental health problems.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS AND/OR CHARITIES WORKING TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE, AND FUNDING RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION, CAUSES, TREATMENT AND CARE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

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

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

Latest income
£38k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £53,490 at the period end, with cash funds carried forward increasing to £55,770. The trustees report that major risks to the charity are currently considered negligible and that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated, as the trustees do not currently have a need for one.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: All donations received from parties connected to the trustees.
“All donations have been received from parties connected to the trustees. There have been no other related party transactions during the current or prior year.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 30/09/2024, 92 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£38k£30k
31/08/2024£0£22k
31/08/2023£38k£10k
31/08/2022£38k£8k
31/08/2021£0£19k

Common questions

Is MURRAY FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £53,490 at the period end, with cash funds carried forward increasing to £55,770. The trustees report that major risks to the charity are currently considered negligible and that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated, as the trustees do not currently have a need for one. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MURRAY FAMILY FOUNDATION£38k—0unclear—no doubt
MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.7m—0unclear—no doubt
MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.0m£70,000 to £79,9991unclear—no doubt
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS FY2025£28.2m£110,001 - £120,000—above—no doubt
THE SURREY CARE TRUST FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
MISHON FY2025£255k—0within—no doubt

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