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STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1205014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities include fundraising and making grants too advance education, in particular, by providing grants to Stanford University and other educational institutions to assist in the advancement of education of students attending the institutions

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £9,669 at the year end, a significant decrease from the previous year's £86,064, following the expenditure of incoming resources on grants. The trustees' policy is to retain no general reserves beyond a minimum of £5,000 required for day-to-day administrative costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to £5,000 (held: £10k)
“as a policy, funds are not retained in general or restricted reserves, save to meet day to day expenses of up to £5,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Leland Stanford Junior University bears the annual accountancy and administrative costs of the charity which amounted to £9,274 in the period, including £1440 for accountancy.These contributions are recorded as donated services in the accounts.
“Leland Stanford Junior University bears the annual accountancy and administrative costs of the charity which amounted to £9,274 in the period, including £1440 for accountancy.These contributions are recorded as donated services in the accounts.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nielsens. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£5k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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 (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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.0m£1.1m
31/08/2024£88k£2k

Common questions

Is STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £9,669 at the year end, a significant decrease from the previous year's £86,064, following the expenditure of incoming resources on grants. The trustees' policy is to retain no general reserves beyond a minimum of £5,000 required for day-to-day administrative costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nielsens.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NNS FOUNDATION1£5.1m
THE BROOMTON FOUNDATION1£500k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION1£100k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED1£21k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED£1.0m—0above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£7.6m—0unclear—no doubt
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation FY2024£895k——unclear—no doubt

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