THE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Creating pathways to professional photography careers for less advantaged young adults in London through education and work experience. We use photography as a skill for life, an (educational or developmental) tool and a positive way to build confidence and connections . We promote the art of photography, bringing photography to a new, wider and more diverse audience.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,100, representing a net surplus of £30,282 for the year. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIKAEL ANDERS JOHANSSONchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Agneta Catharina Henriksdotter Sjoberg Johansson
• Dominic William Graham-Hyde
• Laura Catherine Johansson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• MIKAEL ANDERS JOHANSSON — trustee here and at JAMMA INTERNATIONAL

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Centre for British Photography.

• The Centre for British Photography income £217k
• THE PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY LTD income £4.3m
• THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN income £1.7m
• THE OFFSHOOT FOUNDATION income £242k
• THE WEMBLEY TO SOWETO FOUNDATION income £229k
• THE FOUNDATION FOR PROFESSIONALS IN SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENCE income £216k

Side by side with its peers

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