A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1205123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes. Makes grants to individuals. Makes grants to organisations. Provides education/advocacy/advice/information.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:4.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES; AND4.1.2 ALL SUCH OBJECTS AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£500k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £1,000,000 in donations during the year, resulting in a net income of £500,004. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £734,209, and the trustees maintain a policy of holding minimal reserves. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimal reserves (reserves figure: £734k)
“It is the Charity’s policy to maintain minimal reserves and subsequent to the year-end the Charity has continued to undertake charitable activities.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legal fees paid to Collyer Bristow LLP, a firm where trustee M D B Simon is a partner.
“During the year, governance costs included legal work undertaken by Collyer Bristow LLP, an entity in which M D B Simon is a partner. Fees payable for the period were £13,082 (2024: £6,600), of which £nil was outstanding at the balance sheet date.” — page 15
“In the prior year, a trustee provided a loan of £25,000 to the charity. The loan was interest free and repayable on demand. The loan was fully repaid in the current financial year.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Repayment of an interest-free loan from a trustee.
“During the year, governance costs included legal work undertaken by Collyer Bristow LLP, an entity in which M D B Simon is a partner. Fees payable for the period were £13,082 (2024: £6,600), of which £nil was outstanding at the balance sheet date.” — page 15
“In the prior year, a trustee provided a loan of £25,000 to the charity. The loan was interest free and repayable on demand. The loan was fully repaid in the current financial year.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£500k
Reserves (reported)
£734k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~17.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

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
31/03/2025£1.0m£500k
31/03/2024£250k£156k

Common questions

Is A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received £1,000,000 in donations during the year, resulting in a net income of £500,004. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £734,209, and the trustees maintain a policy of holding minimal reserves. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PACKARD FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PACKARD FOUNDATIONFY2022£720kTransfer of A Million Realities fellowship programme

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
SONGDALE LIMITED1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MILLENNIUM AWARDS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MILLENNIUM AWARDS TRUST FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE MULLION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£45k—0below—no doubt
FILEY FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£271k—0above—no doubt
RJM CHARITY TRUST FY2025£364k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION FY2025£235k——within—no doubt

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