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THE COMPASS GROUP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making activities supporting a wide range of objectives for the public benefit.

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

Latest income
£722k
Latest spending
£750k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £218,200, a decrease from the previous year's £368,532. The Trustees do not consider it necessary to hold a reserve, noting that the parent company will support the charity in the event of significant funding reduction. The filing confirms adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 8
“Donations of £500,000 (2023: £nil) and donated services of £255,707 (2023: £287,748) were received in the year from Compass Group Holdings PLC, the immediate parent undertaking. As at 30 September 2024, there was no outstanding balance with the related party (2023: £nil). There have been no further related party transactions in the period.” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£722k
Total spending
£750k
Reserves (reported)
£190k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · France · India · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£722k£750k
30/09/2024£756k£906k
30/09/2023£288k£674k
30/09/2022£1.1m£398k
30/09/2021£6k£822

Common questions

Is THE COMPASS GROUP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £218,200, a decrease from the previous year's £368,532. The Trustees do not consider it necessary to hold a reserve, noting that the parent company will support the charity in the event of significant funding reduction. The filing confirms adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. 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
ST ALDHELM'S CHAPEL TRUST1£60k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WINDSOR ROAD FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COMPASS GROUP FOUNDATION£722k—0unclear—no doubt
WINDSOR ROAD FOUNDATION FY2025£101kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
THE CRANBROOK FOUNDATION FY2025£520k—0unclear—no doubt
HA MEEM FOUNDATION FY2025£496k—0below—no doubt
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£267k—0unclear—no doubt
COMPASSION FOR CREATION FY2025£5.2m—0unclear—noted

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