CRODA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1196455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Croda Foundation is the independently managed, philanthropic arm of Croda International Plc. The Foundation seeks to improve one million lives by 2030 in the communities we support by providing access to people, know-how and capital. We focus on improving health and wellbeing, reducing hunger, poverty and improving livelihoods and to protect and restore forests and ecosystems.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £1,407,000, which is significantly above its stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13097522

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr. Helena Ganczakowski — Chair of Trustees (source)
• Rommel Moseley — Executive Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Croda International Plc — “The Foundation is solely funded by generous donations from Croda International Plc” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KNOX CLARKE, Camilla — director, appointed 19/09/2024not on trustee list
• RUXTON, Philip James Hartley — director, appointed 08/08/2024on trustee list
• GANCZAKOWSKI, Helena Louise, Dr — director, appointed 25/05/2023on trustee list
• SANTANA DE FREITAS BLANCO, Veronica — director, appointed 23/05/2023not on trustee list
• ARNOTT, Stuart — director, appointed 04/05/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Helena Louise Ganczakowskichair
• Camilla Knox Clarke
• Philip James Hartley Ruxton
• Richard Butler
• Stuart Arnott
• Veronica Santana de Freitas Blanco

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Cameroon · Canada · Chile · China · Colombia · Denmark · France · Germany · Ghana

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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