THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 266746 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MATERIAL WORLD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED

The charity's aim is to encourage the exploration of alternative and diverse forms of artistic expression and to support diverse established charities and people with special needs. It continues to seek opportunities to achieve its stated objective.

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Latest income
£800k
Latest spending
£573k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounts for the charity. It consists solely of Docusign envelope identifiers and dates, with no explicit statements regarding financial health, reserves, or operations.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£800k
Total spending
£573k
Reserves (reported)
£964k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~20.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£800k£573k
31/12/2023£347k£386k
31/12/2022£319k£472k
31/12/2021£182k£374k
31/12/2020£742k£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounts for the charity. It consists solely of Docusign envelope identifiers and dates, with no explicit statements regarding financial health, reserves, or operations.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED£800k—0unclear—no doubt
BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£263k—0above—no doubt
THE LENNOX HANNAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WYFOLD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£422k—0unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATION FY2025£370k—0unclear—no doubt
BROOKLANDS MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED FY2024£5.7m——unclear—no doubt

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