DHD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1195054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees support other charities through grants, both short and longer term. They also consider grants to individuals where the impact on the individual will also in the future, by way of the training or education provided benefit others in the wider community.

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£79k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,740 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £68,418. The trustees confirm that the financial position is sufficient to meet ongoing expenditure and future plans. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Keith Mitchell (Trustee) is a partner in Lewis Golden LLP, which received £15,598 for accountancy services. This constitutes a payment to a trustee-connected business.

“Keith Mitchell, Trustee, is a partner in Lewis Golden LLP, Chartered Accountants, who provided accountancy and advisory services to the Charity for a fee of £15,598 (2024: £9,520) including VAT.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustee

“Included in voluntary income were donations of £106,090 (2024: £25,000) from Daisy Honeybunn, a Trustee, that were received in the year.” — page 16

“Keith Mitchell, Trustee, is a partner in Lewis Golden LLP, Chartered Accountants, who provided accountancy and advisory services to the Charity for a fee of £15,598 (2024: £9,520) including VAT.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Accountancy services from Trustee-connected firm

“Included in voluntary income were donations of £106,090 (2024: £25,000) from Daisy Honeybunn, a Trustee, that were received in the year.” — page 16

“Keith Mitchell, Trustee, is a partner in Lewis Golden LLP, Chartered Accountants, who provided accountancy and advisory services to the Charity for a fee of £15,598 (2024: £9,520) including VAT.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Lanka Environment Fund — “We provide funding, operational support and governance to the Lanka Environment Fund, a non-profit organisation working to protect biodivers…” (source page)
Seenimodara English Academy — “We fund and support the Seenimodara English Academy (SEA), a grassroots initiative based in Tangalle, southern Sri Lanka, providing free ext…” (source page)
#IAmPartOfTheChange — “We support #IAmPartOfTheChange, a movement working to increase access, equity and representation across the equestrian world. Our founder, D…” (source page)
Highlands & Islands Environment Foundation — “Our multi-year grant is unrestricted, giving HIEF the flexibility to back the projects that need it most, when they need it.” (source page)
Dave & Ali Swann — “Our grant helps cover the travel and living costs that keep them alongside the teams they mentor.” (source page)
The Prajava Gama Foundation — “Our grant supports this locally-driven work and the lasting opportunity it creates in the village.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Daisy Honeybunnchair
Keith Mitchell FCCA
Pravin Mukhi

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£106k	£79k
05/04/2024	£25k	£39k
05/04/2023	£57k	£16k
05/04/2022	£82k	£67k

Common questions

Is DHD FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,740 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £68,418. The trustees confirm that the financial position is sufficient to meet ongoing expenditure and future plans. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document. 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 ADDERSTONE FOUNDATION	1	£1.2m
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£25k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	1	£6k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£5k
WHITEHEAD MONCKTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

RPD FOUNDATION income £110k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
THE HADDAD FOUNDATION income £8.3m
THE HARDY FOUNDATION income £2.8m
NNS FOUNDATION income £10.0m
THE OCTOPUS FOUNDATION income £329k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DHD FOUNDATION	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RPD FOUNDATION FY2025	£110k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HADDAD FOUNDATION FY2024	£8.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NNS FOUNDATION FY2025	£10.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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