The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Vardy Foundation

Registered charity 328415 Registered since 1989

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, United States, Colombia, Scotland

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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.

15y median 15y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Religious Activities 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.

Property 8Retail and trade 7Other services 6

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.7m 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 76.9 in 2021

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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01313747144
AddressTHE VARDY FOUNDATION, 110 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4LH

Finances

£1,741,646 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,100,611£5,831,365
2022£1,236,058£2,927,860
2023£1,456,113£2,903,086
2024£1,818,448£1,795,535
2025£1,741,646£2,829,798

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PAY THE INCOME AND CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 25 SEPTEMBER 1989.AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 31 JAN 2017AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 01 AUG 2017AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 13 MAY 2021

Trustees (5)

5trustees
66median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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