THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 262334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Fund is a grant making Charitable Trust which awards grants in accordance with it's charitable objectives of the prevention, treatment or relief of mental or other forms of illness. Since 2001 the Trustees' funding priority has been solely learning disability.

Objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE PREVENTION TREATMENT OR RELIEF OF MENTAL SICKNESS OR OTHER FORMS OF SICKNESS OR ILL-HEALTH AS THE TRUSTEES MAY 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 · Disability · 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

£2.2m

Latest spending

£4.0m

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £101,883,897, derived from a substantial investment portfolio valued at £103,130,666. The trustees confirm that the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, citing no material uncertainties regarding its financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Mr Kenneth Young received £8,268 for professional services. Mrs Suzanne Marriott's firm received £79,788 in legal fees. Professor Angela Hassiotis received grant payments totaling £118,976 prior to trusteeship.

“Mr Kenneth Young, Trustee, is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, appointed in accordance to our Trust deed, received payment in respect of his professional services and a disclosure in respect of this is included in Note 11.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Legal fees charged by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, a firm where Trustee Mrs Suzanne Marriott is a partner.

“Mrs Suzanne Marriott, a Trustee of the Fund, is a partner of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. In the year ended 30 September 2025 legal costs of £79,788 (including reimbursed expenses of £1,763) were charged to the Charity by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (2024 £101,869). Accrued fees of £8,748 (including expenses of £0) were outstanding at the year end.” — page 24

“Mrs Marriott is also a Trustee/Governor of The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation charity which received a grant of £70,000 from the Fund during the year (2024 £70,000).” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant awarded to The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation, a charity where Trustee Mrs Suzanne Marriott is a Trustee/Governor.

“Mrs Suzanne Marriott, a Trustee of the Fund, is a partner of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. In the year ended 30 September 2025 legal costs of £79,788 (including reimbursed expenses of £1,763) were charged to the Charity by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (2024 £101,869). Accrued fees of £8,748 (including expenses of £0) were outstanding at the year end.” — page 24

“Mrs Marriott is also a Trustee/Governor of The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation charity which received a grant of £70,000 from the Fund during the year (2024 £70,000).” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Professional services fees paid to Trustee Mr Kenneth Young.

“Mrs Suzanne Marriott, a Trustee of the Fund, is a partner of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. In the year ended 30 September 2025 legal costs of £79,788 (including reimbursed expenses of £1,763) were charged to the Charity by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (2024 £101,869). Accrued fees of £8,748 (including expenses of £0) were outstanding at the year end.” — page 24

“Mrs Marriott is also a Trustee/Governor of The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation charity which received a grant of £70,000 from the Fund during the year (2024 £70,000).” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Research grant awarded to Professor Angela Hassiotis, a Medical Trustee, prior to her appointment.

“Mrs Suzanne Marriott, a Trustee of the Fund, is a partner of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. In the year ended 30 September 2025 legal costs of £79,788 (including reimbursed expenses of £1,763) were charged to the Charity by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (2024 £101,869). Accrued fees of £8,748 (including expenses of £0) were outstanding at the year end.” — page 24

“Mrs Marriott is also a Trustee/Governor of The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation charity which received a grant of £70,000 from the Fund during the year (2024 £70,000).” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by FKCA Limited. 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.

Conflicting interests
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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Volunteers: 15
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 13
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 12
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mr K R Young — Trustee (source)
Emeritus Professor S-A Cooper — Trustee (source)
Professor Angela Hassiotis — Trustee (source)
Mr J Snow — Trustee (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£4.0m

Cost of raising funds

£123k

Reserves (reported)

£101.9m

Employees

0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (87% 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: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Suzanne Jane Marriottchair · trustee of 6 other charities
Jonathan Snow
KENNETH ROBERT YOUNG
Professor Angela Hassiotis
Professor Sally-Ann Cooper

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£2.2m	£4.0m
30/09/2024	£2.0m	£3.5m
30/09/2023	£1.9m	£3.0m
30/09/2022	£1.8m	£2.7m
30/09/2021	£1.8m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £101,883,897, derived from a substantial investment portfolio valued at £103,130,666. The trustees confirm that the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, citing no material uncertainties regarding its financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by FKCA Limited.

Who funds THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND as a grant recipient include THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£7k	Donations from corporations and trusts

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUST income £105k
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £408k
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST income £92k
WILLIAMSON TRUST income £727k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £151k
THE MAURICE & VIVIEN THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £54k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TONY BRAMALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£408k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£92k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAMSON TRUST FY2025	£727k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£151k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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