PASOLD RESEARCH FUND LIMITED

Registered charity 234298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30264717

Classification 112 - Environment/Conservation/Heritage .. 206 - Other defined groups .. 301 - Makes grants to individuals (includes loans) .. 302 - Makes grants to organisations (incl. schools, charities etc) .. 307 - Provides advocacy/advice/information .. 308 - Sponsors or undertakes research

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND NATURAL HISTORY AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE GAINED THEREBY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£55k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,607,282, an increase from the previous year's £1,523,531. The charity's policy is to maintain reserves at a level adequate to support its charitable objectives, and the governors consider the current investment levels adequate for foreseeable future activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level to produce an income which is adequate to support the Fund’s charitable objectives (reserves figure: £1.6m)

“Reserves are maintained at a level to produce an income which is adequate to support the Fund’s charitable objectives.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 2
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00796266

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

BROOKS, Mary Michelle, Dr — director, appointed 30/05/2026on trustee list
ROY, Tirthankar, Professor — director, appointed 30/05/2026on trustee list
FOTHERINGHAM, Avalon — director, appointed 30/05/2025on trustee list
TUCKETT, Sally Jeanne Susan, Dr — director, appointed 29/05/2024on trustee list
GARDNER, Leigh Ann, Professor — director, appointed 29/05/2024on trustee list
PURVIS, Colin Morrison — director, appointed 14/07/2021on trustee list
RICHARDSON, Catherine Teresa, Professor — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
STYLES, John Anthony, Professor — director, appointed 28/05/2020on trustee list
ANDERSON OBE, Donald Robertson — director, appointed 23/09/2013not on trustee list
BREWARD, Christopher John — director, appointed 16/06/2011on trustee list
GARDNER, Lin, Dr — secretary, appointed 08/11/2024

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Sally Jeanne Susan Tuckettchair
Avalon Fotheringham
Colin Morrison Purvis
DONALD ROBERTSON ANDERSON OBE
Dr MARY MICHELLE BROOKS · trustee of 1 other charity
PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER JOHN BREWARD
Professor Catherine Richardson · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor John Anthony Styles
Professor Leigh Ann Gardner
Professor Tirthankar Roy

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

Operates in: Croatia · France · Germany · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£81k	£55k
30/09/2024	£68k	£48k
30/09/2023	£61k	£47k
30/09/2022	£87k	£41k
30/09/2021	£43k	£46k

Common questions

Is PASOLD RESEARCH FUND LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,607,282, an increase from the previous year's £1,523,531. The charity's policy is to maintain reserves at a level adequate to support its charitable objectives, and the governors consider the current investment levels adequate for foreseeable future activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
CORNWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£258k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£29k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EXCEL FUND.

EXCEL FUND income £33k
TAUNTON ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND income £54k
BALMAIN ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION TRUST income £32k
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION income £162k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £3.3m
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION income £582k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PASOLD RESEARCH FUND LIMITED	£81k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EXCEL FUND FY2026	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TAUNTON ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BALMAIN ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£32k	£35,240	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION FY2026	£162k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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