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Fischer Family Foundation

40 /100

Clarity score

Poor

Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating

40/100 Clarity Score · 2 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2024

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Is Fischer Family Foundation a good charity?

Fischer Family Foundation scores 40/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£168k total income, cause-spend split not disclosed). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£168k

Accounts 2024-12-31

Spending

£1.7m

Accounts 2024-12-31

Charitable activities

Not disclosed

No separate spending figure

Accounts filing

On time

Charity Commission

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Oxford · OX14 4SA Reg 1075453 Registered charity Official website Charity Commission register

What does Fischer Family Foundation do?

The objectives of the trust are the advancement of education, historical and medical research.

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does Fischer Family Foundation raise and spend?

Accounts period 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

Fischer Family Foundation revenue and expenses for 2024
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £168k —
Total expenditure £1.7m —
Charitable activities Not disclosed —

What changed in Fischer Family Foundation’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2024 compared with 2023. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
+32.0%
£128k → £168k
Spending change
+405.0%
£334k → £1.7m
Charitable activities share
Not disclosed
Both years need a disclosed spending split.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2024) · £1.7m spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.

From the annual return

What does Fischer Family Foundation pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers Fischer Family Foundation gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2024, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

How much are Fischer Family Foundation's highest-paid staff paid?

Fischer Family Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. The chief executive's pay is normally disclosed in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Fischer Family Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Fischer Family Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Previous names on the register
Fischer Family Trust
Where it says it operates
Oxfordshire · City of York · Colombia

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have Fischer Family Foundation's finances changed over five years?

Income fell 93% from £2.5m in 2020 to £168k in 2024; spending was £1.7m in 2024.

£0 £2.0m £4.0m £6.0m £8.0m 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Income 2020: £2.5m Spending 2020: £2.6m Cause spend 2020: £2.6m Income 2021: £5.0m Spending 2021: £1.3m Cause spend 2021: £1.3m Income 2022: £58k Spending 2022: £1.9m Income 2023: £128k Spending 2023: £334k Income 2024: £168k Spending 2024: £1.7m
  • Income
  • Spending
  • Cause spend
Fischer Family Foundation income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2024 £168k £1.7m Not disclosed
2023 £128k £334k Not disclosed
2022 £58k £1.9m Not disclosed
2021 £5.0m £1.3m £1.3m
2020 £2.5m £2.6m £2.6m

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

Financial context

How do its finances compare with similar charities?

Compare Fischer Family Foundation with 15 other health charities in our detailed dataset: the same regulator, £100k–£500k income band and accounts ending in 2024. Each period covers 50–54 weeks. These are reference points, not targets or a ranking of impact.

Swipe across the table to see the peer median and coverage.

Latest annual figures, accounts ending 2024-12-31. Peer medians exclude this charity; the median is the middle value.
MeasureThis charityPeer medianPeer coverage
Annual income £168k £316k 15 of 15
Annual spending £1.7m £380k 15 of 15
Charitable activities share Not available Too few disclosures 0 of 15

The annual spending share can differ from the multi-year average shown elsewhere. Missing disclosures are excluded, never counted as zero. We show a median only with at least ten peer disclosures. Different year-end months, restricted funding and delivery models can still limit comparisons.

How does Fischer Family Foundation compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below Fischer Family Foundation, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Same cause, income band and accounts year (2024) 44thpercentile

Scores at or above 44% of 16 charities with the same primary cause, income band and latest accounts year · 40/100 vs 49 peer average.

Income band (£100k–£500k) 19thpercentile

Scores at or above 19% of 1,002 charities in its income band · 40/100 vs 52 peer average.

Health charities 5thpercentile

Scores at or above 5% of 526 charities in this cause · 40/100 vs 72 peer average.

Where Fischer Family Foundation sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about Fischer Family Foundation

In 2024, reported income was £168,285 and expenditure was £1,688,323. Expenditure exceeded income by £1,520,038. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income rose 32.0% compared with 2023. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

A separate charitable-activities spending figure is not available for this year in our dataset. We cannot calculate an annual programme-spending share from these fields.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind.

How it works: Makes Grants To Organisations; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research.

Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.

Explore source-checked support routes

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £1,183,620 (2021-12-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

How to judge charity impact evidence

What is Fischer Family Foundation's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for Fischer Family Foundation
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

100% 15/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

100% 4 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

0% 0/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

33/100

Financial Health metrics for Fischer Family Foundation
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

0% Not stated · 0/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

100% 10/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

0% Not stated · 0/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

0/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for Fischer Family Foundation
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

0% Not stated · 0/10 pts
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

0% Not stated · 0/10 pts

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

0/100

Community Support metrics for Fischer Family Foundation
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

0% Not reported · 0/10 pts

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What trust indicators does Fischer Family Foundation have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    up to date · last filing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    4 trustees on the Charity Commission register

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

Separate from our financial scores. Registration records a commitment to the Code of Fundraising Practice; it does not certify every fundraising activity.

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Official register

Reg 1075453

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Kenneth Williams Brooks
  • Michael Fischer
  • Gordon James Mcmillan
  • James West since 2013

How reliable is Fischer Family Foundation's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2024
Filing date
Data refreshed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Check the current register entry · Report a data correction

Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 3958022. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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What should you check before donating to Fischer Family Foundation?

  1. 1. Match the name and charity number

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  2. 2. Read the accounts in context

    Our latest accounts data covers 2024. Compare the accounts period, spending and reserves. An administration cost ratio alone cannot tell you how effective a charity is.

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  3. 3. Look for evidence of results

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Fischer Family Foundation's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is Fischer Family Foundation a good charity? +

Fischer Family Foundation scores 40 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Its recent filings do not disclose a charitable-activities spend split and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is Fischer Family Foundation a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists Fischer Family Foundation as a registered charity (charity number 1075453). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1075453&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is Fischer Family Foundation's charity number? +

Fischer Family Foundation's charity number is 1075453. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is Fischer Family Foundation's charity rating? +

Fischer Family Foundation scores 40 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does Fischer Family Foundation have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Fischer Family Foundation. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches Fischer Family Foundation? +

Fischer Family Foundation does not disclose a charitable-activities spend split in its recent UK regulator filings, so there is no official figure for how much of a donation reaches the cause. CharityCompare reports this as "not disclosed" rather than assuming a number.

What are Fischer Family Foundation's overheads? +

Fischer Family Foundation's recent UK regulator filings do not disclose a fundraising or governance cost split, so no official overhead percentage is available. Fischer Family Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

How much income does Fischer Family Foundation receive? +

Fischer Family Foundation reported £168k total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: check comparability.

Are Fischer Family Foundation's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-09-26). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is Fischer Family Foundation based? +

Fischer Family Foundation's registered contact address is in Oxford (OX14 4SA). It tells the regulator it operates in Oxfordshire, City of York, Colombia, with a focus on health.

How much is Fischer Family Foundation's chief executive paid? +

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Fischer Family Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Fischer Family Foundation? +

The register records Fischer Family Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are Fischer Family Foundation's trustees paid? +

Fischer Family Foundation's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

What was Fischer Family Foundation previously called? +

The register lists this previous name for Fischer Family Foundation: Fischer Family Trust.

When was Fischer Family Foundation registered as a charity? +

Fischer Family Foundation was entered on the register on 12 May 1999.

How does CharityCompare score Fischer Family Foundation? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Fischer Family Foundation's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Fischer Family Foundation's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.