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David and Elaine Potter Foundation

David and Elaine Potter Foundation is a registered charity (number 1078217) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Samuel Potter. Latest income £205k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £205k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, South Africa, United States
Website
www.potterfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£205k£587k
  • 2024£334k£651k
  • 2023£272k£956k
Earlier years
  • 2022£154k£1.1m
  • 2021£271k£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR:-(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND (2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Grants given

275 grants · £10,915,748 total

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 4Education 4Tech and media 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£334k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1078217
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 28/09/1999AS AMENDED ON 30/04/2008
Contact on the register
02039159283 · info@potterfoundation.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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