THE BLENHEIM FOUNDATION

Registered charity 290988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RESTORING AND PRESERVING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BLENHEIM AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN VICINITY OR ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR OF PARTICULAR ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. PRESERVING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BLENHEIM PARK OR OTHER LAND IN THE VICINITY OR ELSEWHERE OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY.

Objects

(I) TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BLENHEIM AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN VICINITY OR ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR OF PARTICULAR ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. (II) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BLENHEIM PARK OR OTHER LAND IN THE VICINITY OR ELSEWHERE OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY. (FOR FURTHER DATAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF TRUST DEED).

Area of benefit: BLENHEIM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income

£207k

Latest spending

£954k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £11,344,399 as of 5 April 2025, derived entirely from an expendable endowment. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. During the year, the charity realized profits of £699,645 on investments, though the overall investment portfolio value decreased due to unrealized losses.

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 3 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.

Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

LADY HENRIETTA MARY SPENCER-CHURCHILL · trustee of 1 other charity
LORD ANDREW ROBERTS OF BELGRAVIA · trustee of 3 other charities
RANDOLPH LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£207k	£954k
05/04/2024	£65k	£107k
05/04/2023	£11k	£223k
05/04/2022	£2	£238k
05/04/2021	£1k	£565k

Common questions

Is THE BLENHEIM FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £11,344,399 as of 5 April 2025, derived entirely from an expendable endowment. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. During the year, the charity realized profits of £699,645 on investments, though the overall investment portfolio value decreased due to unrealized losses. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£119k
ALTAJIR TRUST	1	£20k
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	1	£5k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£230

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION income £31.0m
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED income £3.0m
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £6.0m
HARRIS (BELMONT) CHARITY income £1.6m
WEST SOMERSET HOME (BLENHEIM LODGE) LIMITED income £1.6m
Country Houses Foundation income £850k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BLENHEIM FOUNDATION	£207k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025	£31.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
HARRIS (BELMONT) CHARITY FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST SOMERSET HOME (BLENHEIM LODGE) LIMITED FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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