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.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR UNFETTERED DISCRETION THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR IN FAVOUR OF (A) ANY CHARITIES INVOLVED IN PROMOTING THE MATERIAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF:- (I) PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OR DISABILITY AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BABIES AND CHILDREN SO SUFFERING; (II) PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECT OF FAMINE. (B) ANY CHARITY INVOLVED IN PROMOTING THE MATERIAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE AND WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY AND DYING. (C) ANY CHARITY INVOLVED IN MEDICAL RESEARCH. (D) ANY CHARITY BENEFITING CHILDREN. (E) THE ORPHEUS TRUST.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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 05/04/2025)

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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR RICHARD STILGOE OBE DLchair
• ALEXANDER ARMITAGE
• ANDREW MURISON
• ANTOUN EDOUARD ELIAS
• Caroline Marion Stewart Pedley
• Dr JEMIMA STILGOE
• Holly Stilgoe
• JOSEPH STILGOE
• Nicolas Turner
• Professor Dr Jack Stilgoe
• RUFUS STILGOE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIETY FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYTICAL METHODS TRUST FUND.

• THE SOCIETY FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYTICAL METHODS TRUST FUND income £40k
• ALULBAYT FOUNDATION income £614k
• THE MACQUITTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £85k
• ALQUITY TRANSFORMING LIVES FOUNDATION income £131k
• THE GENERAL CHARITY FUND income £59k
• THE ALDAMA FOUNDATION income £625k

Side by side with its peers

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