THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 296019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FREDERICK MULDER CHARITABLE TRUST, FREDERICK MULDER TRUST, THE PRAIRIE TRUST

GRANTS AWARDED BY THE FOUNDATION TO CHARITIES APPROVED BY TRUSTEES

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£223k

Latest spending

£745k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £761,083 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £4,236,762. The trustees note that this deficit arises from a policy to maintain grants at approximately £600,000 a year, which will be revised in future. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee Donation

“Trustees donations to the Charity in the year totalled £25,000 (2024: £28,000).” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (95% 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: 63.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr FREDERICK MULDER CBEchair
HANNAH ROSE De CARTERET
ROBIN BENJAMIN BOWMAN

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

Operates in: Albania · Argentina · Australia · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Brazil · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Germany · Hungary · Ireland · Italy

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£223k	£745k
31/03/2024	£238k	£725k
31/03/2023	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£53k	£531k
31/03/2021	£130k	£488k

Common questions

Is THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £761,083 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £4,236,762. The trustees note that this deficit arises from a policy to maintain grants at approximately £600,000 a year, which will be revised in future. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. 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
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED	1	£314k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£175k

Charities like this

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

M AND M FOUNDATION income £217k
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION income £463k
THE MARTYN BRACEGIRDLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £148k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £6.6m
MW (CL) FOUNDATION income £350k
THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION income £535k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION	£223k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
M AND M FOUNDATION FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025	£463k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MARTYN BRACEGIRDLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£6.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MW (CL) FOUNDATION FY2024	£350k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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