THE MOUNT EVEREST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 208206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation's primary object is to provide grants and recognition to assist particularly deserving expeditions for the exploration of, and scientific work in, the mountain regions of the world.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE OR SUPPORT EXPEDITIONS FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF THE EARTH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted reserves of £2,228,000 at the end of the financial year, which is sufficient to meet its liabilities. The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £19,000, primarily driven by grant awards of £53,600 and governance costs of £36,700, offset by investment gains of £24,000. The trustees confirm that cash resources were sufficient to meet outstanding liabilities at the balance sheet date.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mount Everest Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Stephenschair
• Adele Long
• Dr Poshendra Satyal
• Dr Tom Kenneth Roger Matthews
• John Toulmin Eastgate
• Malcolm Neal Bass
• Michael Fletcher
• Simon Richardson
• Timothy Eastwood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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