THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION
Registered charity 251681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B N F · also registered in Scotland as SC040061 (OSCR)
The British Nutrition Foundation promotes the wellbeing of society through the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of scientifically based knowledge and advice on the relationship between diet, physical activity and health.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income for the year was £1.777m, with unrestricted general reserves of £1.453m, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £750,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the auditors reported no material uncertainties related to going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Corporate donations (46% of income)
“Of the income received of £1.777m in 2024-25, the British Nutrition Foundation received £210,586 from membership subscriptions (2024: £207,613) and a further £684,422 in donations from corporate members (2024: £712,933).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £750,000 (held: £1.5m)
“The Board agree that a general reserve level should be maintained at a minimum of £750,000 to allow cover for the cost of closure and limited running for six months”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Nutrition Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Elaine Hindal — Chief Executive (source)
- Alyson Greenhalgh Ball — Chair (source)
- Professor John Mathers — Immediate Past Chair (source)
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.
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.
- ELLIS, Martin — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
- FAIRWEATHER, Mark Robert — director, appointed 01/06/2025on trustee list
- HUGHES, Claire Linda Sarah — director, appointed 01/06/2025on trustee list
- FORDE, Rosalie Elizabeth Henderson — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
- FULTON, Samantha Joanne — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- WHEELER, Paul Keith — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- MOORE, Jennifer Bernadette, Dr — director, appointed 28/06/2022not on trustee list
- REDMOND, Louise Constance — director, appointed 23/06/2020on trustee list
- GREENHALGH-BALL, Alyson — director, appointed 13/12/2019on trustee list
- WOTHERSPOON, Alisdair — director, appointed 13/12/2019on trustee list
- MATHERS, John Cummings, Professor — director, appointed 01/06/2014on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£145k
Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% 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: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Professor John Cummings Matherschair
- Alisdair Wotherspoon
- Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball
- Claire Hughes
- Louise Redmond
- Mark Fairweather
- Martin Ellis
- Paul Wheeler
- Professor Greta Defeyter
- Professor Jennifer Bernadette Moore PhD
- Professor Parveen Yaqoob
- Rosalie Forde
- Samantha Fulton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1.777m, with unrestricted general reserves of £1.453m, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £750,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the auditors reported no material uncertainties related to going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Who funds THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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