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Registered charity · London

The Thomson Foundation

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £3.3m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Thomson Foundation (Trustee) Limited.

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

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
City Of London, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium and more
Website
www.thomsonfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Thomson Foundation
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.3m£3.7m
  • 2023£2.4m£3.4m
  • 2022£2.4m£2.9m
Earlier years
  • 2021£2.6m£2.7m
  • 2020£2.6m£2.6m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 15% · Government grants 57%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

Grants received

2 grants · £170,399 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £170,399 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £120,2802023-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £50,1192021-04-01
Board analysis

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.0 in 2020

12 from 12 in 2020
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.
72%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
313750
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 08/11/1962AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 01/02/2011AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26/11/2013
Companies House
Company number 07405128 · Active
Contact on the register
02034402438 · enquiries@thomsonfoundation.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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