THE POLONSKY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 291143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary objectives of the Foundation are: to promote access to and dissemination of cultural heritage through support of major cultural and educational institutions; to support education and research in the humanities and social sciences; and to support excellence and innovation in the arts.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £41,675,244, primarily in investment holdings, which the trustees state are maintained to fund future grants. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. The charity does not engage in fundraising activities, relying instead on investment income and capital drawdown to meet its charitable commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr GEORGETTE FRANCES BENNETT
• HANNAH BEATRICE MARIA POLONSKY WHITNEY
• JOSHUA-MARC TANENBAUM
• Marc Andre Lorin Polonsky · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: France · Germany · Israel · Italy · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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