THE LORD FORTE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 298100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to encourage excellence within the fields of hospitality, encompassing the hotel, catering, travel and tourism industries within the UK and overseas.

Objects

TO PROMOTE OR ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE GENERAL DISCRETION AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR SELECTION OF PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES PAY SPECIAL REGARD TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ANY CHARITABLE FIELD OF LEARNING BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELDS OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND CATERING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £3,222,830, an increase from the previous year. The trustees regard these reserves as being at an appropriate level to fund future grants equivalent to annual income. The filing confirms there are no uncertainties regarding the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR ROCCO FORTEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW MCKENZIE
• Lydia Irene Bianca Forte · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR NICK SCADE MBE
• THE HON OLGA MARIE LOUISE ANNA POLIZZI DI SORRENTINO CBE · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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