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DAME ALICE OWEN'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support for Dame Alice Owen's School and educational projects in the London Borough of Islington from the net divisible income of the Charity.

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Latest income
£4.9m
Latest spending
£5.5m
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,218,017, which are subject to a High Court Order requiring distribution in the following financial year. The Trustee notes that this policy means the Foundation will not be able to maintain its level of distribution in the event of a significant drop in income, identifying investment variability as the major financial risk. Despite this, the auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute unrestricted reserves that have not been designated for the preservation and maintenance of the property estate in the following financial year (held: £2.2m)
“The Trustee observes the High Court Order of 15 June 2001 and distributes unrestricted reserves that have not been designated for the preservation and maintenance of the property estate in the following financial year. This policy ensures that beneficiaries receive funds as soon as possible but it means that in the event of a significant drop in income the Foundation will not be able to maintain its level of distribution.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Alice Wilkes Limited
“The Foundation has a wholly owned trading subsidiary which is incorporated in the United Kingdom. The Foundation's investment in its subsidiary represents the cost of acquisition of the entire issued share capital of 3,500 ordinary shares of £1 each. Alice Wilkes Limited runs all the trading activities connected to the Foundation.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Myers Clark. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

ALICE WILKES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    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 31/12/2025)

    Total income
    £4.9m
    Total spending
    £5.5m
    Cost of raising funds
    £2.3m
    Reserves (reported)
    £8.3m
    Employees
    0

    Reported reserves equal ~18.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 47.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Hertfordshire · Islington

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£4.9m£5.5m
    31/12/2024£4.4m£3.8m
    31/12/2023£3.9m£3.3m
    31/12/2022£3.7m£3.1m
    31/12/2021£3.3m£3.2m

    Common questions

    Is DAME ALICE OWEN'S FOUNDATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,218,017, which are subject to a High Court Order requiring distribution in the following financial year. The Trustee notes that this policy means the Foundation will not be able to maintain its level of distribution in the event of a significant drop in income, identifying investment variability as the major financial risk. Despite this, the auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Myers Clark.

    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
    CHARITY OF ALDERMAN JAMES HICKSON1£134k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OLD OWEN'S ASSOCIATION AND SPORTS CLUB LIMITED.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    DAME ALICE OWEN'S FOUNDATION£4.9m—0unclear—no doubt
    OLD OWEN'S ASSOCIATION AND SPORTS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATION FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE CHALLONER'S GIRLS FOUNDATION FY2025£322k—0unclear1.5%no doubt
    THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£514k—0unclear—no doubt
    DOWNE HOUSE FOUNDATION FY2025£393k—0within—no doubt

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