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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE IN SUCH MANNER AS THE FOUNDATION THINKS FIT SUCH PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AS THE FOUNDATION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's total funds decreased to £652,546 from £963,603 in the prior year, driven by a net movement in funds of (£311,057). The trustees state they are confident that the income stream from music royalties and donations will continue, allowing the charity to fulfil its objectives and maintain sufficient reserves in the coming years. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 29/04/2024, 181 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 18/01/2023, 79 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~20.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DHANI HARRISON
• KENNETH ROBERTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• LESLIE JOSEF BOSS
• OLIVIA HARRISON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAW MATERIAL MUSIC AND MEDIA EDUCATION LIMITED.

• RAW MATERIAL MUSIC AND MEDIA EDUCATION LIMITED income £1.0m
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• THE PALLANT CHARITABLE TRUST income £31k
• THE MERCURY CHARITABLE TRUST income £140k
• A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION income £1.0m
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Side by side with its peers

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