BENNELONG FOUNDATION (UK)

Registered charity 1189840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bennelong Foundation (UK) has a policy of giving grants to a wide variety of charitable institutions or organizations that benefit society including those engaged in opening pathways to social inclusion for new arrivals to the UK facing hardship, and families facing barriers to accessing food and education.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST AT THEIR SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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: Surrey Heath, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £552,702 to £385,614 due to a net expenditure of £167,088, which included a £19,238 loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting the higher of one year's administrative expenses or £100,000, and the current net assets of £385,614 exceed this minimum threshold.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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 30/06/2023 (received 20/06/2024, 51 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2021)

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carena Shankarchair
• Jeffrey Chapman
• Maurice Wren · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Australia · Throughout England · United Arab Emirates

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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