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Registered charity · Bedfordshire

The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited

To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time, in particular but not limited to advancing the education of young people and the welfare of older people in need for the...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £14m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and more
Website
www.connollyfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14m£9.2m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.4m
  • 2023£16m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£7.0m
  • 2021£15m£10m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time, in particular but not limited to advancing the education of young people and the welfare of older people in need for the public benefit by making grants and awards.

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.

6 trustees on the board

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 6Education 2Property 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

46.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 79.4 in 2021

5 from 10 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1109135
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 DECEMBER 2004, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 MARCH 2005, as amended on 30 Jul 2020 as amended on 25 Aug 2020 as amended on 28 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 05315014 · Active
Contact on the register
01525872014 · david.oldham@connollyfoundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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