THE DRW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1201286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation's main activity is to make grants for charitable purposes. The primary focus of its grant making activities is the advancement of environmental protection and improvement. The Foundation does not seek applications for grants and will generally not make grants in response to unsolicited applications received.

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

Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£511k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,912,340, which the trustees consider more than adequate to meet commitments and fund future grants. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £219,159 for the year, supported by significant donations from trustee-connected parties. Total costs were minimal at £7,215, representing only 0.15% of net assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (91% of income)

“In 2025 the Foundation received its income via donations from David Woodburn and Ruth Woodburn, both trustees, of, respectively, £2,200,720 and £200,000” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: adequate funds to meet its commitments and to hold reserves while it identifies appropriate projects to fund (held: £4.9m)

“The Foundation’s reserves policy is to ensure it maintains adequate funds to meet its commitments and to hold reserves while it identifies appropriate projects to fund.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£511k

Reserves (reported)

£4.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~115.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Matthew Woodburnchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Amat
Ruth Caroline Woodburn

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.4m	£511k
31/12/2024	£1.8m	£202k
31/12/2023	£1.3m	£128k

Common questions

Is THE DRW FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,912,340, which the trustees consider more than adequate to meet commitments and fund future grants. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £219,159 for the year, supported by significant donations from trustee-connected parties. Total costs were minimal at £7,215, representing only 0.15% of net assets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds THE DRW FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DRW FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE WOODLAND TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOODLAND TRUST	FY2024	£20k	Grants

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 GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k
SUICIDE & CO	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

THE DWF FOUNDATION income £454k
AKO FOUNDATION income £70.2m
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION income £2.2m
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION income £242k
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION income £304k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE DRW FOUNDATION	£2.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE DWF FOUNDATION FY2024	£454k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AKO FOUNDATION FY2025	£70.2m	£140,001 - £150,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.2m	£70,000 - £79,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION FY2024	£242k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION FY2025	£304k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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