SALT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 511978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity maintains the properties for which it is responsible.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income

£426k

Latest spending

£421k

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £701,217, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £105,000 to £420,000. The trustees report that cash reserves are adequate to meet the charity’s needs for the next 12 months, supported by strong advance bookings for the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months expenditure, equivalent of £105,000 to £420,000 (held: £701k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure, equivalent of £105,000 to £420,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Ford
Helen Thornton
Jamie Needle
Joseph Ashton
MARTIN LOVE
Rosalind Mary Garside
Simon Christopher Rigg
Stuart Herdson

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£426k	£421k
31/07/2024	£432k	£493k
31/07/2023	£447k	£428k
31/07/2022	£416k	£385k
31/07/2021	£339k	£324k

Common questions

Is SALT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £701,217, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £105,000 to £420,000. The trustees report that cash reserves are adequate to meet the charity’s needs for the next 12 months, supported by strong advance bookings for the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£323k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£219k
ST ALDHELM'S CHAPEL TRUST	1	£60k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £267k
THE CSJ FOUNDATION income £2.1m
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION income £210k
WINDSOR ROAD FOUNDATION income £101k
THE CRANBROOK FOUNDATION income £520k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION income £236k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SALT FOUNDATION	£426k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SALTERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£267k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CSJ FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION FY2025	£210k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WINDSOR ROAD FOUNDATION FY2025	£101k	Under £60,000	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CRANBROOK FOUNDATION FY2025	£520k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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