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THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 297627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist such charitable institutions or charitable purposes as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £48,073,493, derived principally from an investment portfolio valued at £50,244,110. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that resources are unrestricted and managed to preserve capital while meeting foreseeable needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Lord Glendonbrook made gifts to the Charity during the year totalling £2,014,335 (2024: £2,980,046) (see note 2).
“Lord Glendonbrook made gifts to the Charity during the year totalling £2,014,335 (2024: £2,980,046) (see note 2). Lord Glendonbrook and Martin Ritchie are directors of The Glendonbrook Foundation. During the year, grants of £0 were made to The Glendonbrook Foundation (2024: £500,000) by the Charity.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Perrys Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£4.5m
Cost of raising funds
£403k
Reserves (reported)
£48.1m
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~129.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% 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: 14.4% of total income — above 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£2.8m£4.5m
05/04/2024£4.0m£3.0m
05/04/2023£3.2m£2.6m
05/04/2022£2.1m£3.4m
05/04/2021£3.9m£4.2m

Common questions

Is THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £48,073,493, derived principally from an investment portfolio valued at £50,244,110. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that resources are unrestricted and managed to preserve capital while meeting foreseeable needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Perrys Audit Limited.

Who funds THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include UNSEEN (UK).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)FY2025£20kGeneral

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
LPW LIMITED1£36k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED1£30k
THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£8k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORTY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
FORTY LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
THE REED FOUNDATION FY2024£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ELLINSON FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£397k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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