THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION

Registered charity 272225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects include wide charitable purposes at the discretion of the trustees. There are no restricted or endowment funds. The charity's objects are to generate income from its investment property portfolio in order to make charitable contributions as the trustees sees fit.

Objects

TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION IN THE SCHEDULED TERRITORIES (UNITEDS KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, CEYLON, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF INDIA, STATE OF ISRAEL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ANY OTHER TERRITORIES FORMING PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE OF WHICH THE QUEEN IS THE RECOGNISED HEAD) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DEISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£167k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £2,461,767 at the year end, with net current assets of £373,355. The trustees confirmed the charity was in a strong position with funds available to meet all obligations and no material uncertainty exists regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate to cover short term requirements and to retain adequate liquid resources to meet current projected payments or to respond to an emergency (reserves figure: £2.5m)
“maintain free reserves, as represented by net current assets, at a level which is considered adequate to cover short term requirements and to retain adequate liquid resources to meet current projected payments or to respond to an emergency.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£167k£144k
05/04/2024£175k£104k
05/04/2023£153k£106k
05/04/2022£137k£102k
05/04/2021£144k£90k

Common questions

Is THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £2,461,767 at the year end, with net current assets of £373,355. The trustees confirmed the charity was in a strong position with funds available to meet all obligations and no material uncertainty exists regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
CLASSICS FOR ALL1£10k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION£167k—0above—no doubt
THE ARDWICK TRUST FY2026£101k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARJORIE & ARNOLD ZIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£550k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TREVOR CHINN CHARITABLE TRUST NO 2 FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
CLAVERDON FIELDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt

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