THE COLT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Colt Foundation funds high quality research projects in the field of occupational and environmental health, particularly those aimed at discovering the cause of illnesses arising from conditions at the place of work. The Foundation also support students via PhD Fellowships at UK universities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £39,198,402, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover forward grant commitments without relying on future income. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £2,727,766 for the year, driven by investment gains, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising amounted to £1,324,634. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There is one employee whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting year fell between £80,000 to £90,000 for the year ended 31st December 2025.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There is one employee whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting year fell between £80,000 to £90,000 for the year ended 31st December 2025.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover forward commitments for grants without taking account of future income (held: £39.2m)

“It is the trustees' policy when approving grants to ensure that reserves are sufficient to cover forward commitments for grants without taking account of future income.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£134k

Reserves (reported)

£39.2m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 12.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR SIR ANTHONY JOHN NEWMAN TAYLORchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Clare Mary Gilchrist
Dr Alex Jones
Dr Elaine Wainwright
PATRICIA LEBUS · trustee of 1 other charity
PROFESSOR DAVID NOEL MURRAY COGGON
Professor Ira Madan FRCP FFOM
Professor Paul Cullinan
Professor Rodger Duffin

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.1m	£1.3m
31/12/2024	£1.0m	£688k
31/12/2023	£988k	£1.2m
31/12/2022	£976k	£901k
31/12/2021	£933k	£696k

Common questions

Is THE COLT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £39,198,402, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover forward grant commitments without relying on future income. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £2,727,766 for the year, driven by investment gains, while total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising amounted to £1,324,634. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE COLT FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION	1	£230k
THE TURING TRUST	1	£15k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£10k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN	1	£6k
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE	1	£5k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PROJECT COLT.

PROJECT COLT income £260k
THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION income £262k
Coller Family Foundation income £230k
PTEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £716k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION income £480k
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited income £14.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COLT FOUNDATION	£1.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
PROJECT COLT FY2025	£260k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION FY2024	£262k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Coller Family Foundation FY2025	£230k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PTEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025	£716k	£180,001 - £190,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION FY2025	£480k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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