THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that as the finances are based on a long-term endowment there are no material uncertainties about the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern. This is further reflected in the positive results for the period.”
Significant events
- “In January 2025, the Wolfson Foundation launched a new Strategic Framework to cover the period from 2025 to 2029”
- “The markets since March 2025 have been subject to significant fluctuation but losses sustained in April 2025 have since been recovered.”
- “As at 31 March 2025, cash and gilts in the portfolio totalled £59.1 million (5.7% of the total portfolio). A further £100 million was held in short term holdings pending significant longer term investment decisions”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSBOTTOM, Paul Benjamin | Secretary | 2014-06-05 | — | — |
| BERMAN, Allegra | Director | 2021-10-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| BORYSIEWICZ, Leszek, Sir | Director | 2023-06-01 | Apr 1951 | British |
| CANNADINE, David Nicholas, Professor Sir | Director | 2014-03-06 | Sep 1950 | British |
| LEE, Hermione, Dame | Director | 2014-03-06 | Feb 1948 | British |
| MARKS, Rebecca Sarah | Director | 2015-12-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| PEPPER, Michael, Sir | Director | 2014-03-06 | Aug 1942 | British |
| ROTHWELL, Nancy Jane, Professor Dame | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| THOMAS, Jean Olwen, Dame | Director | 2014-03-06 | Oct 1942 | British |
| TURNBERG, Leslie Arnold, Lord | Director | 2014-03-06 | Mar 1934 | British |
| WOLFSON DE BOTTON, Janet Frances, The Hon Mrs | Director | 2014-03-06 | Mar 1952 | British |
| WOLFSON TOWNSLEY, Charles Ralph | Director | 2018-08-31 | Jun 1984 | British |
| WOLFSON TOWNSLEY, Laura Helen, The Hon Mrs | Director | 2014-03-06 | Jun 1954 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASH, Eric Albert, Professor Sir | Director | 2014-03-06 | 2019-06-13 |
| MCCOLL OF DULWICH, Ian, Lord | Director | 2014-03-06 | 2021-06-10 |
| RATCLIFFE, Peter John, Sir | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| WEATHERALL, David John, Sir | Director | 2014-03-06 | 2015-03-31 |
| WOLFSON DAVIS, Deborah, The Hon Mrs | Director | 2014-03-06 | 2018-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one