Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -5

DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here

The Foundation provides grants to organisations that support projects promoting education, civil society and research that contribute to economic development and well-being in a plural, rational and tolerant society.

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Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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Income & Spending ?

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£154	£1,054	£-900	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/21		£271	£1,061	£-790	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/20		£308	£1,157	£-849	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/19		£526	£1,280	£-753	£0	£17,476	£0	n/a	1	2
31/12/18		£325	£1,043	£-718	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£346	£1,380	£-1,034	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£357	£1,062	£-705	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£328	£1,249	£-921	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£402	£1,083	£-681	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£400	£1,836	£-1,436	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£657	£967	£-310	£10	£19,871	£61	0.8	1	0
31/12/11		£592	£1,279	£-687	£10	£20,410	£250	2.3	1	0
31/12/10		£626	£139	£487	£10	£21,840	£858	74	1	0
31/12/09	*	£1,570	£3,496	£-1,926	£196	£20,634	£0	n/a	1	0
31/12/08		£988	£3,009	£-2,021	£9	£22,147	£0	n/a	1	0
31/12/07		£1,188	£417	£771	£13	£18,168	£371	10.7	1	0
31/12/06	*	£687	£1,289	£-603	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	*	£478	£851	£-373	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£567	£2,214	£-1,647	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Established: 25 years

www.potterfoundation.com

info@potterfoundation.com

02039159283

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

South Africa, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

ADAM ASHER POLONSKY Appointed: 2023

CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH LANGLEY Appointed: 2023

DR DAVID EDWIN POTTER (Chair)

MICHAEL GORDON LANGLEY

MICHAEL POLONSKY

SAMUEL POTTER

DR ELAINE POTTER, Occupation: Philanthropy, Other trusteeship: THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/1999, number: 1078217

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR09: 15 days late, AR06: 34 days late, AR05: 22 days late,

Main office

6 HAMILTON CLOSE
LONDON
NW8 8QY

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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