PLUNKETT FOUNDATION
Registered charity 313743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLUNKETT FOUNDATION FOR CO-OPERATIVE STUDIES, Plunkett UK, RURAL REVIVAL · also registered in Scotland as SC045932 (OSCR)
Improvement of rural livelihoods through co-operative and social enterprise.
Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £43,918 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,061,498. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves exceed the stated policy target range of £740,000 to £990,000, which is designed to cover 9 to 12 months of core operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Plunkett UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- James Alcock — Chief Executive (source)
- Alison Jeffers — Board Chair (source)
- Harriet English — Deputy Chief Executive (source)
- Kathryn Morrison — Chief Operating Officer (source)
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).
- The National Lottery Community Fund — “Core funding from the following organisations continues to underpin our work: The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
- Scottish Government — “This is complemented by programme funding from partners including the following: Scottish Government” (source page)
- Highway One Trust — “particular thanks to: Highway One Trust for their longer-term support” (source page)
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.
- FIETH, Robin Paul — director, appointed 06/11/2025not on trustee list
- CAMPION, Charles Edward — director, appointed 06/11/2025on trustee list
- SANDISON, Toby — director, appointed 11/06/2025on trustee list
- HECTOR-DONNELLAN, Robert Gordon — director, appointed 11/09/2024on trustee list
- JACKSON, Helen Margaret — director, appointed 11/09/2024on trustee list
- JONES, Jeevan — director, appointed 06/09/2023on trustee list
- JEFFERS, Alison Jane — director, appointed 06/09/2023on trustee list
- SMITH, Adrian Paul — director, appointed 14/09/2022on trustee list
- BEGG, Alexander James — director, appointed 14/09/2022on trustee list
- MCAREAVEY, Ruth, Professor — director, appointed 14/09/2022on trustee list
- PATCHETT, Suzannah — director, appointed 14/09/2022not on trustee list
- ALCOCK, James — secretary, appointed 08/08/2019
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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 31/12/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Adrian Smith
- Alexander Begg
- Alison Jeffers
- Charles Campion
- Helen Margaret Jackson
- Robert Gordon Hector-Donnellan
- Robin Paul Fieth BA FCA
- Ruth McAreavey
- Suzanna Patchett
- Toby Sandison
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PLUNKETT FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £43,918 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £1,061,498. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves exceed the stated policy target range of £740,000 to £990,000, which is designed to cover 9 to 12 months of core operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.
Who funds PLUNKETT FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PLUNKETT FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include POWER TO CHANGE TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HIGHWAY ONE TRUST, Royal Warrant Holders' Charity.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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