THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 264873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE RELIEF, ASSISTANCE, TREATMENT AND EDUCATION OF SICK OR HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF TRUST DEED DATED 31ST OCTOBER 1972).

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£8.8m

Latest spending

£9.5m

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves amounted to £16,131,000, which the Trustees consider sufficient to ensure the future sustainability of charitable activities. The group reported a net movement in funds of £308,000 for the year, driven by investment gains that offset a trading loss. The Trustees confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting remains appropriate.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £80,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee of the trading group received employee benefits (excluding pension contributions) in excess of £60,000. They earned between £60,000 and £80,000.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee of the trading group received employee benefits (excluding pension contributions) in excess of £60,000. They earned between £60,000 and £80,000.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient uncommitted funds in reserves to ensure the future sustainability of its charitable activities, including the award of major grants and capital investments (reserves figure: £16.1m)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain sufficient uncommitted funds in reserves to ensure the future sustainability of its charitable activities, including the award of major grants and capital investments.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One Trustee (LR Moon, Treasurer) received remuneration of £6,568. Other trustees only received reimbursed expenses.

“During the year, one Trustee also acted as Treasurer and received remuneration for their services amounting to £6,568 (2023 - £6,568) in accordance with Section 185 of the Charity Act 2011. No Trustees of the Foundation earn in excess of £60,000. Reimbursed expenses are shown in note 6.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The document states that transactions between individual group companies are exempt from disclosure under FRS102. No other related party transactions (e.g., with trustees or connected persons) are explicitly disclosed with amounts.

“Transactions between individual group companies have not been disclosed as the group has taken advantage of the exemption conferred by FRS102 on the basis that the group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Foundation.” — page 37

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Somerbys Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£8.8m

Total spending

£9.5m

Cost of raising funds

£9.1m

Reserves (reported)

£16.4m

Employees

83

Reported reserves equal ~20.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Trustees · trustee networks

ROBERT PAUL GENTchair
Christopher Andrew Ashton
Ian Robert Moon
JAMES STUART DEANE · trustee of 1 other charity
Nita Odedra
ROGER JOHN CROOKS

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

Operates in: Australia · Benin · Burkina Faso · Ghana · India · Israel · Kenya · Malawi · Tanzania · The Gambia · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£8.8m	£9.5m
31/10/2024	£8.4m	£9.3m
31/10/2023	£8.4m	£9.1m
31/10/2022	£8.7m	£8.5m
31/10/2021	£8.6m	£8.5m

Common questions

Is THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves amounted to £16,131,000, which the Trustees consider sufficient to ensure the future sustainability of charitable activities. The group reported a net movement in funds of £308,000 for the year, driven by investment gains that offset a trading loss. The Trustees confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting remains appropriate. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Somerbys Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
THE ZAHRA TRUST	1	£514k
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREAT BRITAIN	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION.

THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION income £554k
LITTLE GIVING income £650k
THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST income £33.0m
THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION income £3.9m
ALULBAYT FOUNDATION income £614k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION	£8.8m	£60,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION FY2025	£554k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LITTLE GIVING FY2025	£650k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£33.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.9m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALULBAYT FOUNDATION FY2025	£614k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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