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Description
The objectives of the Wolfson Foundation are grant-giving. On 4 April 2014, the operational activities and net assets of the Wolfson Foundation (a charitable trust, registered number 206495) passed to the Wolfson Foundation, charity number 1156077 (a charitable company). The accounts for the years ending 5 April 2014 and earlier can be viewed on the charity's website at www.wolfson.org.uk.
Also known as
- The Wolfson Foundation
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
W1G 9LD
Website
Domain
wolfson.org.uk
Latest income
£20,386,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- wolfson.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Charities Direct
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Twitter: @wolfsonfdn
- Wikipedia
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 1 inactive record, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1156077 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The Wolfson Foundation (inactive)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Grant-making foundations
H10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200
Theme (CCEW)
-
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
Religious Activities
108 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109 -
Environment/conservation/heritage
112
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
-
Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-10 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2015-03-31 | 18,310,000 | 32,739,000 |
| 2016-03-31 | 19,467,000 | 29,354,000 |
| 2017-03-31 | 19,631,000 | 31,923,000 |
| 2018-03-31 | 18,997,703 | 33,268,357 |
| 2019-03-31 | 23,650,366 | 39,649,532 |
| 2020-03-31 | 21,170,537 | 45,962,323 |
| 2021-03-31 | 18,798,000 | 38,624,000 |
| 2022-03-31 | 20,386,000 | 40,537,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 10 | 9 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 11 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | - | - |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | - | - |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 20.4 | 18.8 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 20.4 | 18.8 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Grants to institutions | 37.5 | 35.7 |
| Other charitable activities | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Charitable activities | 38.8 | 37.0 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 40.5 | 38.6 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (20.2) | (19.8) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 0.3 | - |
| Investment assets | 939.7 | 882.0 |
| 940.0 | 882.0 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 70.7 | 68.3 |
| Cash | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Other current assets | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 72.6 | 70.0 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (41.1) | (38.3) |
| Net current assets | 31.5 | 31.7 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 971.5 | 913.8 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (43.9) | (38.7) |
| Net assets | 927.5 | 875.0 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 927.5 | 875.0 |
| Restricted funds | - | - |
| Unrestricted funds | - | - |
| 927.5 | 875.0 | |
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.
View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.
| 2023 | 177 grants | £18,408,360 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 366 grants | £38,119,416 |
| 2021 | 365 grants | £37,763,541 |
| 2020 | 351 grants | £35,755,070 |
| 2019 | 393 grants | £43,598,019 |
| 2018 | 343 grants | £37,624,700 |
| 2017 | 353 grants | £31,450,060 |
| 2016 | 356 grants | £30,342,300 |
| 2015 | 400 grants | £28,093,288 |
| 2014 | 379 grants | £31,178,456 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Wolfson Foundation (3,483 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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