INCOMMON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1199292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

InCommon's activities bring together people of different ages. We directly deliver intergenerational programmes in Greater London with young people (age 5-15) and older people usually living in retirement housing. We also support other organisations and individuals to run intergenerational projects in England through advice, resource sharing and an online platform.

Objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:2.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION PARTICULARLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, AMONG OLDER PEOPLE, WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY INCLUDING BYA) DEVELOPING AND FACILITATING SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES;B) ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SUPPORT AND TAKE PART IN SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT PREVENTING AND RELIEVING LONELINESS AMONG SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE AND FACILITATING PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY;IN THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF OLD AGE, DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND ‘SOCIAL INCLUSION’ MEANS THE CONDITION OF NOT BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.2.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION INCLUDING BY DEVELOPING, FACILITATING AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AIMED AT PROMOTING INTERGENERATIONAL UNDERSTANDING.

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 · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£298k
Latest spending
£357k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £58,907 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £199,138 to £140,231. The trustees have decided to wind up the charity, with activities ceasing in May 2026 and official closure on 31 July 2026, meaning the financial statements were prepared on an orderly termination basis rather than as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Trustees have made the difficult decision to wind up the charity. As a result, the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements is no longer appropriate and an ‘orderly termination of business basis’ has been applied.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Transaction occurred prior to Dinah Williams becoming a trustee during the financial year.
“The Avenir Network, a company where Dinah Williams is a director, was paid £2,400 for providing staff training. The transaction occurred prior to Dinah Williams becoming a trusteeduring the financial year.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 16

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 2% of the £326,248 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — InCommon (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

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
31/07/2025£298k£357k
31/07/2024£437k£325k
31/07/2023£326k£239k

Common questions

Is INCOMMON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £58,907 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total funds from £199,138 to £140,231. The trustees have decided to wind up the charity, with activities ceasing in May 2026 and official closure on 31 July 2026, meaning the financial statements were prepared on an orderly termination basis rather than as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INCOMMON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INCOMMON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL, THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£33kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£32kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£22kOlder People & Housing Programme
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2023£9k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£8kCommunity Grants
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kConnecting Generations in Stepney
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£5k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kConnect Programme Core Costs
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£3k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2024£2k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2024Unverified read£1k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2024amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government06/12/2022£234kScaling Intergenerational Connection
The Mercers' Company07/09/2022£87kGrant to InCommon Foundation

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INCOMMON FOUNDATION£298k—0unclear—noted
ALVECHURCH COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN KINGSTON UPON THAMES FY2026£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
COMMON CHANGE UK FY2025£42k—0above—no doubt
ST AIDAN'S JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
AIMCOMMUNITY LIMITED FY2025£583k—0unclear—no doubt

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