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(A company limited by guarantee)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
CONTENTS
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
The Trustees present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of the Company for the 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025. The Annual report serves the purposes of both a Trustees' report and a directors' report under company law. The Trustees confirm that the Annual report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Since the Company qualifies as small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the Strategic report required of medium and large companies under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 has been omitted.
Objectives and activities
a. Policies and objectives
b. Activities undertaken to achieve objectives
In furtherance of the charity’s objectives, the grant-giving policy has been to support a wide variety of causes in areas of priority need as identified and researched by the Trustees.
Throughout the year, the Trustees met as needed to review and allocate grants to selected charities. They actively research and identify potential recipients, inviting them to apply for funding. Several charities receive ongoing annual support, reflecting the Trustees' commitment to building trusted relationships with well-managed organisations that deliver meaningful, transformative impact in their areas of work. Six grants were made totalling £300,000 (2024: £177,000), as set out in Note 6. Grant expenditure includes £50,000 paid during the year and £250,000 committed but unpaid at the year end. Receiving support were:
∙Global Canopy - for their core organisational costs, including support for their data and advocacy programmes, human rights initiatives, and work to drive action on deforestation and nature loss.
∙Médecins Sans Frontières UK - for the delivery of emergency humanitarian aid worldwide.
∙British Red Cross - for the provision of humanitarian aid to communities affected by the conflict in Gaza and other conflict zones.
∙Whitley Fund for Nature - to support local communities and conservationists to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and mitigate the impact on climate change.
∙Children Change Colombia - for their core activities, including supporting local partnerships that help vulnerable children claim their rights, live safely and contribute to lasting social change in Colombia.
∙St. Mungo's - for core organisational and service delivery costs, supporting the charity’s work to end homelessness and help people rebuild their lives after homelessness.
During the year the charity continued to diversify and expand its investment portfolio in order to generate investment income. The investment income will then be applied for charitable purposes. As a result of stock market improvement during the year there was a revaluation surplus on the listed investment portfolio in the year of £2,826,633 (2024: £3,677,953 revaluation surplus) giving rise to a net increase in the value of the endowment fund at the year end of £2,707,898 with expendable endowment funds carried forward at 31 October 2025 of £34,288,175 (2024: £31,580,277).
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
Achievements and performance
Financial review
a. Going concern
b. Reserves policy
c. Material investments policy
The charity holds a diverse portfolio of investments. The investment managers hold a cash balance for reinvestment to further diversify the portfolio. Although the Trustees have the power to distribute the expendable endowment, the investment of capital is the only source of ongoing income and so the fund is invested with the directive to the investment managers that the endowment should maintain its value in real terms over the longer term. The Trustees aim is for the investments to generate 2-3% income each year.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
Structure, governance and management
a. Constitution
The Foundation for the Promotion of Well-Being is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee and was set up by a Memorandum of Association dated 26/10/2010.
b. Methods of appointment or election of Trustees
If the retirement of a Trustee causes the number of Trustees to fall below the minimum of two Trustees then the retiring Trustee shall remain in office until a new appointment is made. The annual retirement meeting shall be the meeting of the Trustees at which the accounts of the charity are adopted.
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities
Disclosure of information to auditors
Each of the persons who are Trustees at the time when this Trustees' report is approved has confirmed that:
∙so far as that Trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditors are unaware, and
∙that Trustee has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a Trustee in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of that information.
Auditors
The auditors, Larking Gowen LLP, have indicated their willingness to continue in office. The designated Trustees will propose a motion reappointing the auditors at a meeting of the Trustees.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
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(A company limited by guarantee)
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
We have audited the financial statements of The Foundation for the Promotion of Well-Being (the 'charitable company') for the year ended
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING (CONTINUED)
As explained more fully in the Trustees' responsibilities statement, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Due to the field in which the Charity operates, we have identified the following areas as those most likely to have a material impact on the financial statements: GDPR; serious incident reporting and compliance with the Charities Act 2011. Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: · Enquiries with management about any known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations, and fraud; · Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess the compliance with applicable laws and regulations; · Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the charitable company's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and its members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
1st Floor, Prospect House
Rouen Road
Norwich
NR1 1RE
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
REGISTERED NUMBER: 07419676
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
1.Accounting policies
All income, including investment income, is recognised once the Company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Donations in cash are recognised as the consideration paid at the date the donation was made. Gift aid income is recognised once trustees are confident that the claims are being processed by HMRC. Donated shares are recognised at the market value of the shares at the date which the donation was made.
Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the time the investment income is receivable.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
1.Accounting policies (continued)
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(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
1.Accounting policies (continued)
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(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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