THE KAY FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1212936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Kay Family Foundation is a grant-making charity that support projects in Lancashire, to improve health and wellbeing, relieve hardship, strengthen local communities through arts and recreation and protect the natural environment and wildlife for the benefit of the public. We work with charities and community organisations to fund practical initiatives that deliver meaningful, long-term impact.

Objects

3.1 TO PURSUE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS, PRIMARILY IN LANCASHIRE:(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ILLNESS, RAISING AWARENESS OF HEALTH ISSUES AND PROMOTING HEALTHY RECREATION AND LIFESTYLES;(B) THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(C) THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND AND OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(D) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING WILDLIFE.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is strong, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,051,028 carried forward. The charity received a significant donation of £3 million from a connected company and made a major grant of £2 million to a local hospital trust. The trustees consider it appropriate to retain reserves to support future activities, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Pierce (Bolton) Limited. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median 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

• Sharon Martinchair
• Janet Chappell
• Marjory Harrison
• Sarah Kay
• Stephen Chappell

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KAILASH FOUNDATION.

• KAILASH FOUNDATION income £658k
• THE KAYS FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• THE RASCHE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k
• THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION income £785k
• KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED income £725k

Side by side with its peers

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