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THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 327383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement and promotion of education and interest in the visual arts; to encourage research into the retoration of works of art; to advance education and research generally in the areas of arts, science, economics and medicine; and to encourage the study, reproduction and cataloguing of works of art.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £4,988,088 at 31 March 2025, up from £4,787,804 in the prior year, driven by investment returns and a surplus of income over charitable expenditure. The trustees consider it appropriate to maintain this surplus to create stable financial reserves, noting the charity has no employees and limited operating expenses. The auditors confirmed the use of the 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

Reserves policy: build up reserves for twenty one years to January 2008; thereafter expenditure should exceed income (held: £5.0m)
“The Foundation’s policy was to build up its reserves for twenty one years to January 2008 whilst it had the power to accumulate income and to generate sufficlent grant and investment income to cover expenditure. From this date onwards the expenditure of the Foundation should exceed that of the income in accordance with the Trust deeds” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to related charity The de Laszlo Archive Trust
“The charity made donations of £234,000 (2024: £245,000) to a related charity, The de Laszlo Archive Trust during the year. The charities are related through Daman de Laszlo being the common founder.” — page 23
“Damon de Laszlo is a directar of Lombos Limited, in which The de Laszlo Foundation holds shares at a value of £353,908 (2024: £363,057}. A dividend of £464,333 (2024: £478,439} was received in the year,” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dividend from Lombos Limited (Director Damon de Laszlo)
“The charity made donations of £234,000 (2024: £245,000) to a related charity, The de Laszlo Archive Trust during the year. The charities are related through Daman de Laszlo being the common founder.” — page 23
“Damon de Laszlo is a directar of Lombos Limited, in which The de Laszlo Foundation holds shares at a value of £353,908 (2024: £363,057}. A dividend of £464,333 (2024: £478,439} was received in the year,” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Ned Foundation (Trustees Damon and William de Laszlo)
“The charity made donations of £234,000 (2024: £245,000) to a related charity, The de Laszlo Archive Trust during the year. The charities are related through Daman de Laszlo being the common founder.” — page 23
“Damon de Laszlo is a directar of Lombos Limited, in which The de Laszlo Foundation holds shares at a value of £353,908 (2024: £363,057}. A dividend of £464,333 (2024: £478,439} was received in the year,” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Harwin Plc (Directors Damon and William de Laszlo)
“The charity made donations of £234,000 (2024: £245,000) to a related charity, The de Laszlo Archive Trust during the year. The charities are related through Daman de Laszlo being the common founder.” — page 23
“Damon de Laszlo is a directar of Lombos Limited, in which The de Laszlo Foundation holds shares at a value of £353,908 (2024: £363,057}. A dividend of £464,333 (2024: £478,439} was received in the year,” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust (Trustee William de Laszlo)
“The charity made donations of £234,000 (2024: £245,000) to a related charity, The de Laszlo Archive Trust during the year. The charities are related through Daman de Laszlo being the common founder.” — page 23
“Damon de Laszlo is a directar of Lombos Limited, in which The de Laszlo Foundation holds shares at a value of £353,908 (2024: £363,057}. A dividend of £464,333 (2024: £478,439} was received in the year,” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sheen Stickland. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~24.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.1m
05/04/2021£1.1m£763k

Common questions

Is THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £4,988,088 at 31 March 2025, up from £4,787,804 in the prior year, driven by investment returns and a surplus of income over charitable expenditure. The trustees consider it appropriate to maintain this surplus to create stable financial reserves, noting the charity has no employees and limited operating expenses. The auditors confirmed the use of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sheen Stickland.

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
HUO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED1£2.3m
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST1£543k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£111k
THE FUNDING NETWORK1£85k
THE LOVINGTON FOUNDATION1£39k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£23k
The Portal Trust1£20k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATION£1.6m—0above—no doubt
THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE INGRAM ART FOUNDATION FY2025£152k——unclear—no doubt
THE HINTZE FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024£688k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DONALD GORDON SECOND FOUNDATION FY2025£3.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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