THE VALUABLE 500 FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1204890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income and expenditure were both £1,454,663, resulting in a break-even operating surplus for the year. Actual unrestricted reserves of £392,410 are below the board's stated policy target of £500,000. The charity holds a significant HMRC PAYE debt and relies on diverse funding sources including sponsorship and grants.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13648617

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE VALUABLE 500 FOUNDATION (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Katy Talikowska — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Mark Hodgkinson — Chair (source)
• Paul Polman — Chair (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).

• Nikkei
• The Nippon Foundation

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

• Ichiro Kabasawa
• Katherine Davis
• Luis Gallegos
• Mark Hodgkinson
• Samantha Ruth Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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