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THE ALAN SUGAR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 294880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As identified by the Trustees primarily in favour of children, the elderley and the disadvantaged in society.

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£6.1m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £1,287,500 in donations and generated £228,595 in investment income, resulting in total incoming resources of £1,666,095. However, the charity expended £6,105,045 primarily on charitable grants, leading to a net expenditure of £4,438,950 for the year. Consequently, unrestricted reserves decreased from £6,407,663 to £1,968,713, with the trustees noting that the current level of reserves will be held to make future grants and cover operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from A M Sugar
“In the year ended 5 April 2025 the charity received donations of £1,287,500 from A M Sugar.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Paul. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£6.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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 (5.2%) (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£1.7m£6.1m
05/04/2024£350k£1.0m
05/04/2023£8.0m£927k
05/04/2022£0£0
05/04/2021£11£0

Common questions

Is THE ALAN SUGAR FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received £1,287,500 in donations and generated £228,595 in investment income, resulting in total incoming resources of £1,666,095. However, the charity expended £6,105,045 primarily on charitable grants, leading to a net expenditure of £4,438,950 for the year. Consequently, unrestricted reserves decreased from £6,407,663 to £1,968,713, with the trustees noting that the current level of reserves will be held to make future grants and cover operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Paul.

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
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED1£10k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALAN SUGAR FOUNDATION£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
SALT FOUNDATION FY2025£426k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ALCHEMY FOUNDATION FY2025£12.3m—0unclear—no doubt
The A and J Charitable Trust FY2025£590k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SAUNDERSON FOUNDATION FY2025£442k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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