THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1192397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The Foundation makes grants to charities and non-profit bodies in furtherance of its charitable purposes

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£992k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's work is entirely reliant on donations from two trustees, with total funds amounting to £1,006,681 at year-end. The charity has no employees and minimal overheads, resulting in a net income of £402,358 for the year. The trustees have not adopted a formal reserves policy due to the charity's significant unrestricted funds and minimal anticipated costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income)
“Donations (inc. Gift Aid) 1,380,385”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mr and Mrs Headley, trustees of the Charity, donated to the Charity in cash £1,000,000 on 25 January 2024 and £5,385 on 8 August 2024 to be used to develop the work of the Charity in accordance with its Trust Deed.
“Mr and Mrs Headley, trustees of the Charity, donated to the Charity in cash £1,000,000 on 25 January 2024 and £5,385 on 8 August 2024 to be used to develop the work of the Charity in accordance with its Trust Deed.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haines Watts Wolverhampton Limited. Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£992k
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~12.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£1.4m£992k
31/12/2023£9k£415k
31/12/2022£1.0m£1.1m
31/12/2021£1.3m£120k

Common questions

Is THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's work is entirely reliant on donations from two trustees, with total funds amounting to £1,006,681 at year-end. The charity has no employees and minimal overheads, resulting in a net income of £402,358 for the year. The trustees have not adopted a formal reserves policy due to the charity's significant unrestricted funds and minimal anticipated costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Haines Watts Wolverhampton Limited.

Who funds THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£500k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
RAMBLERS HOLIDAYS CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATION TRUST FY2025£42k—0above—no doubt
GENERATIONS CHURCH FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025£463k—0above—no doubt

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