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THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 292500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STARLIGHT FOUNDATION

We support causes in the fields of disability, social welfare, prisons and young carers, with a focus on making a lasting difference to young people.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£12.3m
Latest spending
£506k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £13,825,949, driven by a one-off capital gift of £12,046,005 from the sale of future royalties. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McKenzies. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£12.3m
Total spending
£506k
Reserves (reported)
£13.8m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£12.3m£506k
05/04/2024£301k£342k
05/04/2023£1.2m£191k
05/04/2022£51k£270k
05/04/2021£48k£624k

Common questions

Is THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £13,825,949, driven by a one-off capital gift of £12,046,005 from the sale of future royalties. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by McKenzies.

Who funds THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10kYouth
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k

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
HOLMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£202k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST1£171k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£25k
THE VINTNERS' FOUNDATION1£24k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL1£21k
POSSUK LIMITED1£20k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
YBP LIMITED1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION£12.3m—0unclear—no doubt
AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.0m—0above—no doubt
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE OCTOPUS FOUNDATION FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ALTITUDE FOUNDATION FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
OPEN DOOR SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt

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