THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 282357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Millichope foundation was founded in 1982 as a grant making charity by Lindsay and Sarah Bury, who wished to support the causes that were close to their interests in conservation, the arts and the welfare of Shropshire residents. It remains a family foundation and in recent years, the trustees have made the decision to direct the majority of funding to support local and regional causes.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £8,182,006, a decrease from the prior year's £8,521,405, driven by a net expenditure before gains and losses of £124,093 and unrealised investment losses. The trustees confirm that these reserves are at a satisfactory level and sufficient to meet committed donations and continue operations as a going concern. The charity's primary funding source is investment income, which totalled £311,308, while charitable donations disbursed amounted to £567,274.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~152.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (60% 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: 11.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS H M HORNEchair
• ARABELLA CLARE SALWEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• FRANK SIMON BURY · trustee of 2 other charities
• LINDSAY CLAUDE NEILS BURY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS S A BURY

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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• THE MILLBY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £150k
• THE MILLFIELD HOUSE FOUNDATION (1) income £134k
• MILLFIELD FOUNDATION income £244k
• THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION income £235k
• MILL GROVE CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £486k

Side by side with its peers

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