THE ROY BARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1188419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROY BARD CHARITABLE TRUST

General Charitable Activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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Latest income

£475k

Latest spending

£261k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £214,490 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by £475,000 in donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £469,092, which the trustees consider satisfactory for future needs given the minimal operational expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate funds to deal with current and medium term objectives (held: £469k)

“The Charity’s policy with regard to reserves is to maintain adequate funds to deal with current and medium term objectives.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees are the funding source

“The funding source is from Trustees. There were no conditions attached to these unrestricted donations that would require the Charity to significantly alter the nature of its existing activities. There were no other related party transactions.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£594k

Total spending

£559k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Bardchair
Gary Burns
Martyn Krantz
Rebecca Bard

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£475k	£261k
31/03/2024	£1	£206k
31/03/2023	£594k	£559k
31/03/2022	£479k	£66k
31/03/2021	£16k	£3k

Common questions

Is THE ROY BARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £214,490 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by £475,000 in donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £469,092, which the trustees consider satisfactory for future needs given the minimal operational expenses. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£128k
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND	1	£24k
UK ARMED FORCES WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION.

UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION income £193k
MY FOUNDATION income £430k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION income £155k
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
ROYAL NAVY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £700k
NER FOUNDATION income £606k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROY BARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£475k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£193k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MY FOUNDATION FY2025	£430k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION FY2025	£155k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£136k	—	within	—	no doubt
ROYAL NAVY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£700k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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