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THE DAIWA ANGLO-JAPANESE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 299955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- Awarding scholarships, grants and prizes to individuals and institutions in the UK and Japan- Hosting a programme of educational and cultural events at Daiwa Foundation Japan House and elsewhere

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£920k
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £46.8m, with unrestricted reserves comprising the vast majority of this amount. The Trustees report that net assets were 13% below the inflation-adjusted value of original benefactions, a deviation attributed to post-pandemic spending levels and specific scholarship expenditures. The auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity'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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £46.7m; policy: maintain the accumulated funds at an amount that will generate sufficient funds to meet a regular level of grants and other items of expenditure... inflation-adjusted value of the original benefactions)
“At the end of the 2024/25 financial year, the Foundation's net assets of £46.8m (2023/24: £46.2m) were 13% below (2023/24: 12% below) the value of the original benefactions in real terms”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Daiwa Nichiei Kikin Limited
“The Tokyo office, which is included in these accounts, operates as the Japanese branch of a UK company, Daiwa Nichiei Kikin Limited (Company Number 8510540). This company is 100% owned by the Chair of the Daiwa Foundation”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£920k
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£33k
Reserves (reported)
£46.7m
Employees
8

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (93% 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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Japan · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£920k£1.5m
31/03/2024£624k£1.9m
31/03/2023£192k£2.0m
31/03/2022£136k£1.3m
31/03/2021£216k£1.4m

Common questions

Is THE DAIWA ANGLO-JAPANESE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £46.8m, with unrestricted reserves comprising the vast majority of this amount. The Trustees report that net assets were 13% below the inflation-adjusted value of original benefactions, a deviation attributed to post-pandemic spending levels and specific scholarship expenditures. The auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP.

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
JAPAN HOUSE LONDON TRUST1£680k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DAIWA ANGLO-JAPANESE FOUNDATION£920k——below—no doubt
THE GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION FY2025£1.6m£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt
TANAKA UK JAPAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£360k£9990unclear—no doubt
JAPAN HOUSE LONDON TRUST FY2025£10.1m—0unclear—no doubt
AD-DUHA FOUNDATION FY2025£755k—0above—no doubt
THE JAPAN SOCIETY FY2025£664k£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt

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