THE 1189808 FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q120497947 · Wikipedia · also known as THE CAPTAIN TOM FOUNDATION

The Charity awards grants to individuals and organisations.

Objects

1.1 THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLYRESTRICTED TO:1.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING, IN PARTICULAR BUT LIMITED TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE AND ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL;1.1.2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;1.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY; FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CAUSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).1.1.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME;AND IN ALL CASES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£190
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
2020

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Charity Commission inquiry

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/11/2022

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2021

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2021)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£401k
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reserves (reported)
£696k
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£190£26k
30/11/2024£4k£132k
30/11/2023£4k£159k
30/11/2022£403k£681k
31/05/2021£1.1m£401k

Common questions

Who funds THE 1189808 FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE 1189808 FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, Bedford School Foundation Trust, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HOOK-WITH-WARSASH.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.