THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 327751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to promote and develop theatrical, musical and dramatic arts; relieve suffering from and promote research into the causes & treatment of AIDS/Cancer; provide for medical research generally and relief of sickness; relief for the homeless and poverty stricken;promotion of the conservation, protection & enhancement in the UK of nature & the amenities of the countryside inc. areas of natural beauty.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PERFORMING ARTS OF MUSIC AND DRAMA IN ALL THEIR FORMS BY ALL SUCH LAWFUL MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY ALL SUCH LAWFUL MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS BURSARIES AND AWARDS TO BE AWARDED FOR PROFICIENCY IN DRAMA MUSIC AND/OR THE DRAMATIC OR ANCILLARY PERFORMING ARTS. 3. TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF THE POVERTY AND OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND WHETHER THOSE PERSONS ARE PRESENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE BY ALL SUCH LAWFUL MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING).

Area of benefit: WORLD WIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £12,299,666, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. However, the trustees acknowledge that the rate of spending exceeds investment returns and that it will be impossible to maintain current expenditure levels in the long term without further major donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~118.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR CAMERON ANTHONY MACKINTOSHchair
• A Paule Constable
• MR BART PEERLESS · trustee of 7 other charities
• MR F RICHARD PAPPAS
• MR THOMAS SCHONBERG
• NICHOLAS IAN MACDONALD MACKINTOSH
• Nicholas David Allott · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROBERT FREDERICK STRANG NOBLE OBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Greece · Malta · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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• UK FUND FOR CHARITIES income £4.6m
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