THE MARRIS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1199258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable objectives, typically supporting the south west of England

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIMES IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE

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: East Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received a significant donation of £1.4 million, resulting in total income of £1,452,384 and unrestricted reserves of £1,456,520. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Expenditure was limited to £47,672, primarily for charitable grants and support costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2026)

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 — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Houghchair
• CHRISTINE MARRIS
• Katherine Burslem

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Cornwall · Devon · Throughout London

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

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

• THE HARRIS FOUNDATION income £4k
• THE CHARIS TRUST income £591k
• THE HARRIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £71k
• THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION income £4.4m
• THE MAURICE FRY CHARITABLE TRUST income £49k
• THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION income £235k

Side by side with its peers

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