JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1207661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

John Moores Foundation makes grants to charitable organisations.

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Latest income

£613k

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £1,470,245, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to a negative balance of £32,942. However, the charity holds significant expendable endowment assets of £30,001,875, which the trustees have the discretionary power to convert to income to meet liabilities. The trustees and auditors 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

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: £60,000 - £70,000 1” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: £60,000 - £70,000 1” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-33k; policy: adequate reserves for known and future potential liabilities and commitments)

“Despite the negative unrestricted funds the Trustees have the discretionary power to convert part or all of the Restricted Expendable Endowment Fund into income” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£613k

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£209k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 34.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

BARNABY MOORESchair · trustee of 2 other charities
David Costelloe
John Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
KEVIN MOORES · trustee of 1 other charity
Kenechukwu Anichebe
NICOLA EASTWOOD

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Northern Ireland · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£613k	£1.5m

Common questions

Is JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £1,470,245, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to a negative balance of £32,942. However, the charity holds significant expendable endowment assets of £30,001,875, which the trustees have the discretionary power to convert to income to meet liabilities. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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 KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£26k
RONTADES LIMITED	1	£25k
BEIS KOSOV	1	£9k
KAHAL IMREI CHAIM LIMITED	1	£8k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	1	£8k
TRUEDENE CO LIMITED	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION.

THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION income £444k
SIR JOHN MOORE'S SCHOOL AND EXHIBITION FOUNDATION income £145k
THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION income £8.0m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION income £11.1m
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation income £660k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION	£613k	£60,000 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION FY2025	£444k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SIR JOHN MOORE'S SCHOOL AND EXHIBITION FOUNDATION FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION FY2025	£8.0m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	below	—	no doubt
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION FY2025	£11.1m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation FY2025	£660k	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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