THE EMMOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 209033 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The present policy of the Council is to make grants direct to schools to assist towards Sixth Form school fees for students with high academic standards and whose families are experiencing severe financial hardship.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND SIMILAR SUBJECTS AND (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, GRANTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL AWARDS TO PERSONS AND STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND NATIONALITIES FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION OR RESEARCHES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

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.

Causes: Education/training · 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

£482k

Latest spending

£421k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,044,301, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £400,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £60,793 before investment gains, supported by £315,586 in gains on investments. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations for at least three years with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £400,000 (reserves figure: £11.0m)

“The trustees have set a target and current level of free reserves of £400,000 which represents approximately 1 year of planned grant expenditure and operating costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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.

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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 10/09/2026, 72 days after the 30/06/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Delia Coggan
Edward Durell Abbott Barnes
Emma Elizabeth Ann McKendrick · trustee of 3 other charities
RICHARD CHARLES DICK
Sarah Ainsworth

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£482k	£421k
31/08/2024	£451k	£407k
31/08/2023	£473k	£416k
31/08/2022	£447k	£416k
31/08/2021	£423k	£434k

Common questions

Is THE EMMOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,044,301, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £400,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £60,793 before investment gains, supported by £315,586 in gains on investments. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations for at least three years with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds THE EMMOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE EMMOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2025	£55k	to support students studying for their "A" levels
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2023	£55k	Support students studying for their 'A' levels
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2024	£55k	support students studying for their "A" levels
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2022	£51k	GCSE courses
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2026	£50k	to support students studying for their "A" levels
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£40k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£40k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£40k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£40k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£40k
THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL	FY2021	£11k	Bursaries for specific pupils

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 YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2.2m
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£674k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£154k
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	1	£22k
THE TANLAW FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

THE EMET FOUNDATION income £140k
PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION income £52.4m
ETHEL JAMES TRUST FUND income £48k
FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
STRODE'S FOUNDATION income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EMMOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED	£482k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EMET FOUNDATION FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025	£558k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION FY2025	£52.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ETHEL JAMES TRUST FUND FY2025	£48k	—	unclear	—	noted
FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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