# DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1078217
- **Other names:** DAVID AND ELAINE POTTER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1078217


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 HAMILTON CLOSE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW8 8QY
- **Phone:** 02039159283
- **Email:** info@potterfoundation.com
- **Website:** www.potterfoundation.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- South Africa
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £333876 | £650951 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1078217/files/2024-12-31-accounts.pdf) (534.6 KB) |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £271875 | £956497 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1078217/files/2023-12-31-accounts.pdf) (457.5 KB) |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £153804 | £1054019 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1078217/files/2022-12-31-accounts.pdf) (7.3 MB) |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £271189 | £1061424 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1078217/files/2021-12-31-accounts.pdf) (296.9 KB) |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £308341 | £1157158 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/ew/1078217/files/2020-12-31-accounts.pdf) (1.8 MB) |




## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **DR DAVID EDWIN POTTER** | Chair |  |
| Adam Asher Polonsky |  | Dec. 12, 2023 |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Langley |  | Dec. 12, 2023 |
| Dr ELAINE POTTER |  |  |
| MICHAEL GORDON LANGLEY |  |  |
| MICHAEL POLONSKY |  |  |
| SAMUEL POTTER |  |  |