THE FLORENCE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1206533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a grant giving organisation that awards grants to pet charities or people charities that support people in terms of crisis, particularly food security, homelessness and financial hardship resulting from life changing events such as illness, disaster or other crisis.

Objects

THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROVIDE GRANTS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income
£91k
Latest spending
£89k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Florence Foundation reported a net surplus of £1,269 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total income of £90,684 and expenditure of £89,415. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,814, which exceeds its stated policy target of £5,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a reserve of £5,000 is appropriate (reserves figure: £12k)
“The Trustees are satisfied that a reserve of £5,000 is appropriate for the current size and activities of the Florence Foundation.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“During the year the charity received donations totalling £60,000 (2025: £30,000) from Peter Paul Pritchard and donations totalling £nil (2025: £30,000) from Nicholas Paul Anderton, both of whom are trustees of the charity.” — page 17
Per its FY2026 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 31/01/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£91k£89k
31/01/2025£75k£65k

Common questions

Is THE FLORENCE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The Florence Foundation reported a net surplus of £1,269 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total income of £90,684 and expenditure of £89,415. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,814, which exceeds its stated policy target of £5,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FLORENCE FOUNDATION£91k—0above—no doubt
THE GRANT THORNTON FOUNDATION FY2026£364k—0unclear—no doubt
FLORENCE ELLISON TRUST FY2025£93k——unclear—no doubt
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY FY2025£4.9m——below—no doubt
THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AID IN SICKNESS TRUST FY2025£369k—0above—no doubt
FIORENTINI FOUNDATION FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt

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