THE HOWARD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 285822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scientific research into nutriceuticals and support for Downing College, Cambridge University.

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Latest income

£119k

Latest spending

£227k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,943,043, supported by investment gains and income from IP assignments. The trustees confirm that existing investments adequately cover the major continuing commitment for the Howard Chair in Human Nutrition at SETU. The auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SMH Jolliffe Cork Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£214k

Cost of raising funds

£17k

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~169.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JULIE ELIZABETH LAMBERTchair
Alistair Patrick Lambert CEng, MEng
Dr Anthony Richard Leeds MBBS, MSc
Jonathan Howard
Professor David Ian Thurnham

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£119k	£227k
31/07/2024	£1.7m	£214k
31/07/2023	£2.4m	£394k
05/04/2022	£163k	£155k
05/04/2021	£16k	£171k

Common questions

Is THE HOWARD FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,943,043, supported by investment gains and income from IP assignments. The trustees confirm that existing investments adequately cover the major continuing commitment for the Howard Chair in Human Nutrition at SETU. The auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SMH Jolliffe Cork Audit Ltd.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED	1	£275k
THE ISAAC NEWTON TRUST	1	£52k
FONTHILL FOUNDATION	1	£18k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k
THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Keith Howard Foundation.

The Keith Howard Foundation income £429k
THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION income £352k
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.0m
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION income £157k
Prept. Foundation income £284k
CHURCHILL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £28.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOWARD FOUNDATION	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Keith Howard Foundation FY2023	£429k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£352k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION FY2025	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Prept. Foundation FY2025	£284k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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