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GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 230260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£165.4m
Latest spending
£130.8m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted income rose to £155.4 million, while charitable expenditure including grants reached £130.5 million. The charity maintains a strong financial position with total funds carried forward of £8.8 billion, supported by a permanent endowment largely comprised of shares in Associated British Foods.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At £70.1 million (2024: £32.1 million), total income reserves at the end of the year represented 42% of the Foundation’s income in the year – below the Trustees’ 50% policy”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustees Guy H Weston, George G Weston, and Anna Catrina Hobhouse received remuneration from Wittington Investments Limited or its subsidiaries (ABF, Fortnum & Mason) in their capacity as directors of those companies.
“Of these three Guy Weston and Anna Catrina Hobhouse received remuneration from Wittington Investments Limited. George Weston is Group Chief Executive Director of ABF and received remuneration from the company in that capacity. Anna Catrina Hobhouse is chairperson and a director of Fortnum & Mason plc and received remuneration from Wittington in that capacity.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Wittington Investments Limited recharges staff costs, rent and other office expenses to the Foundation.
“Wittington recharges staff costs in respect of the work undertaken by its employees for the Foundation, rent and other office expenses relating to the Foundation, all recharges of £1,848,077 (2024: £1,657,705) were made at arm’s length.”
“During the year, the Foundation received dividends of £151,642,000 (2024: £106,559,000) from Wittington.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dividends received from Wittington Investments Limited.
“Wittington recharges staff costs in respect of the work undertaken by its employees for the Foundation, rent and other office expenses relating to the Foundation, all recharges of £1,848,077 (2024: £1,657,705) were made at arm’s length.”
“During the year, the Foundation received dividends of £151,642,000 (2024: £106,559,000) from Wittington.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees Guy H Weston and Anna Catrina Hobhouse received remuneration from Wittington Investments Limited.
“Wittington recharges staff costs in respect of the work undertaken by its employees for the Foundation, rent and other office expenses relating to the Foundation, all recharges of £1,848,077 (2024: £1,657,705) were made at arm’s length.”
“During the year, the Foundation received dividends of £151,642,000 (2024: £106,559,000) from Wittington.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee George G Weston received remuneration from Associated British Foods plc.
“Wittington recharges staff costs in respect of the work undertaken by its employees for the Foundation, rent and other office expenses relating to the Foundation, all recharges of £1,848,077 (2024: £1,657,705) were made at arm’s length.”
“During the year, the Foundation received dividends of £151,642,000 (2024: £106,559,000) from Wittington.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Anna Catrina Hobhouse received remuneration from Fortnum & Mason plc.
“Wittington recharges staff costs in respect of the work undertaken by its employees for the Foundation, rent and other office expenses relating to the Foundation, all recharges of £1,848,077 (2024: £1,657,705) were made at arm’s length.”
“During the year, the Foundation received dividends of £151,642,000 (2024: £106,559,000) from Wittington.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£165.4m
Total spending
£130.8m
Cost of raising funds
£306k
Reserves (reported)
£70.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£165.4m£130.8m
05/04/2024£110.3m£102.0m
05/04/2023£90.4m£91.9m
05/04/2022£84.0m£90.9m
05/04/2021£84.0m£98.7m

Common questions

Is GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that total unrestricted income rose to £155.4 million, while charitable expenditure including grants reached £130.5 million. The charity maintains a strong financial position with total funds carried forward of £8.8 billion, supported by a permanent endowment largely comprised of shares in Associated British Foods. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

Who funds GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include CURE LEUKAEMIA, ATTEND, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY OF THE ANNUNCIATION BEAMINSTER, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NORTH WEST SWINDON AND LYDIARD MILLICENT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
CURE LEUKAEMIAFY2024£150k
CURE LEUKAEMIAFY2022£100k
ATTENDFY2022£82k
ATTENDFY2025£36k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAINFY2023£27k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY OF THE ANNUNCIATION BEAMINSTERFY2024£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NORTH WEST SWINDON AND LYDIARD MILLICENTFY2024£20k
QUORN BAPTIST CHURCHFY2025£15k
UNSEEN (UK)FY2025£10k
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2024£5k
The Edge MinistriesFY2025£5k

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