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THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 801751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustee's policy is to consider appeals from charitable causes with a previous track record covering the welfare of children, relief of poverty advancement of arts and education.

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

Latest income
£466k
Latest spending
£381k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £9,652,499, supported by investment income of £438,026 and charitable expenditure of £380,758. The trustees report that they do not consider it appropriate to determine a specific reserves level, intending instead to progressively distribute funds. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of 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

Related-party transaction: Donations to My Active Health CIO, a charity in which E C S Lawson is a co-trustee.
“During the year, donations of £1,450 (2024: £10,800) were made to My Active Health CIO, a charity in which E C S Lawson is a co-trustee.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by ESW Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Total income
£580k
Total spending
£836k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (98% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£466k£381k
05/04/2024£459k£405k
05/04/2023£415k£380k
05/04/2022£580k£836k
05/04/2021£640k£330k

Common questions

Is THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £9,652,499, supported by investment income of £438,026 and charitable expenditure of £380,758. The trustees report that they do not consider it appropriate to determine a specific reserves level, intending instead to progressively distribute funds. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by ESW Limited.

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
VARGA FAMILY FOUNDATION1—
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST1£570k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£250k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£115k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST1£60k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION1£33k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
BC Partners Foundation1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LAWS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION£466k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LAWS FOUNDATION FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£6.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE RICHARD LAWES FOUNDATION FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO FY2025£676k—0unclear—no doubt
LARA ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt

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