THE SUE THOMSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 298808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant-making; the principal beneficiary is Christ's Hospital

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£290k

Latest spending

£253k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £429,794, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet present and future commitments. The charity maintains a policy of holding approximately one year's expenditure in cash reserves and sufficient unrestricted reserves to support beneficiaries even in adverse circumstances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's expenditure and sufficient unrestricted reserves (held: £430k)

“The trustees are of the view that STF should maintain cash reserves of approximately one year’s expenditure and sufficient unrestricted reserves in order to ensure that STF would be able to meet its obligations to current beneficiaries from unrestricted funds even in adverse financial circumstances.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Susannah Holliman, who was elected a trustee of the Foundation on 15 March 2022, has been a paid employee of the Foundation since 2010. In the year ended 31August 2025, she received remuneration of £29,846 (2024 - £29,384) which relates solely to her work as an employee.

“Susannah Holliman, who was elected a trustee of the Foundation on 15 March 2022, has been a paid employee of the Foundation since 2010. In the year ended 31August 2025, she received remuneration of £29,846 (2024 - £29,384) which relates solely to her work as an employee.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

KATHLEEN DUNCAN OBE
MR TIM BINNINGTON
Mike Della Vedova
Mr Mike Barford · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSANNAH HOLLIMAN

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£290k	£253k
31/08/2024	£232k	£219k
31/08/2023	£232k	£181k
31/08/2022	£193k	£265k
31/08/2021	£294k	£181k

Common questions

Is THE SUE THOMSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £429,794, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet present and future commitments. The charity maintains a policy of holding approximately one year's expenditure in cash reserves and sufficient unrestricted reserves to support beneficiaries even in adverse circumstances. 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
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£39k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	1	£7k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH BURTON-IN-WIRRAL	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S CHURCH WESTHAMPNETT	1	£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION income £20.0m
THAMES FOUNDATION income £368k
THE SUSSEX HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £123k
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION income £61.1m
CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION income £217k
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SUE THOMSON FOUNDATION	£290k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£20.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THAMES FOUNDATION FY2024	£368k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSSEX HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION FY2025	£61.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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