CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 307889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CALDECOTT FOUNDATION, THE COUNCIL OF THE CALDECOTT COMMUNITY LTD

To provide residential care, therapy, education and fostering placements for children and young people who have faced deprivation, cruelty or neglect, and who may have emotional, behavioural or educational difficulties.

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Latest income
£11.5m
Latest spending
£11.2m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,197,000, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £2.5 million (three months of running costs). The trustees report a positive financial position with significant positive cash flow and a pension scheme deficit of £Nil, noting that the going concern basis of preparation is appropriate.

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: £1.2m; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“At the year end the Foundation had unrestricted reserves of £1,197k (2024: £827k). It remains our intention to build free reserves towards the target.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Caldecott Fostering Limited
“The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of the charity and its trading subsidiary, Caldecott Fostering Limited (company number 07389373)” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

CALDECOTT FOSTERING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Creditors include £5,792 owed to group undertakings (2025: £5,792; 2024: £4,762).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Caldecott Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£11.5m
Total spending
£11.2m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
155

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£11.5m£11.2m
31/03/2024£11.2m£10.9m
31/03/2023£10.3m£10.3m
31/03/2022£9.5m£9.3m
31/03/2021£8.7m£8.1m

Common questions

Is CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,197,000, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £2.5 million (three months of running costs). The trustees report a positive financial position with significant positive cash flow and a pension scheme deficit of £Nil, noting that the going concern basis of preparation is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TORY FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kHealth and Welfare
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE TORY FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED£11.5m——below—no doubt
CALDICOTT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.2m——unclear—no doubt
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE FY2025£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION FY2025£12.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024£956k—0above—no doubt

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