THE MARJORIE & ARNOLD ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 249368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I A ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

To see a need and within its limited resources attempt to fill it. It is important that any gift made will provide value for the money donated and that it will benefit the widest number of people. Due to the scope of its activities, the charity can only be involved in a few projects, in which,usually, the Trustees are directly involved.

Objects

FOR SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,126,037, a decrease from the previous year's £6,755,277, driven by a net movement in funds of £(629,240). The trustees report that assets are unrestricted, available, and adequate to fulfil obligations, with no material uncertainties identified 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 Sopher + Co LLP. 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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~115.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (51% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN LOUISE MANNING
• Edward Max Ziff · trustee of 3 other charities
• Michael Anthony Ziff · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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