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THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 277964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation mainly supports medical research projects and other medically related charitable endeavours.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£616k
Latest spending
£841k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,568,420, which is above the stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £50,000. The charity relies on investment income of £607,597 to fund charitable activities and has sufficient resources to meet its grant commitments of £725,966.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The Foundation does not actively solicit donations from the public and has no need to develop formal policies on its fundraising approach.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £50,000 (held: £1.6m)
“The Trustees policy is to retain a minimum of £50,000 against future commitments to grants given for 2 or 3 years.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£616k
Total spending
£841k
Cost of raising funds
£89k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~22.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 14.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£616k£841k
31/03/2024£612k£444k
31/03/2023£593k£700k
31/03/2022£612k£347k
31/03/2021£617k£646k

Common questions

Is THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,568,420, which is above the stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £50,000. The charity relies on investment income of £607,597 to fund charitable activities and has sufficient resources to meet its grant commitments of £725,966. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

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
THE HARRISON FOUNDATION1£700k
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY1£225k
THE REECE FOUNDATION1£142k
MICHAEL CARRICK FOUNDATION1£82k
Sir Graham Wylie Foundation1£50k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST1£35k
CEO SLEEPOUT1£10k
FRAZER TRUST1£8k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION£616k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEWMAN TRUST FY2025£624kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
ONE NEWHAM FY2025£163k—0below—no doubt
THE NEWSTAR FOUNDATION FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
ST AUGUSTINE'S FOUNDATION FY2025£306k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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