# THE WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1196714
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 22, 2021
- **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=1196714


## Contact

- **Address:** WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP PLC, AURUM HOUSE, 2 ELLAND ROAD, BRAUNSTONE, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE3 1TT
- **Phone:** 02073174600
- **Email:** thefoundation@thewosgroup.com
- **Website:** www.thewosgroupplc.com/foundation



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

**Activities:** The aim of the Watches of Switzerland Foundation will be to further enhance the charitable initiatives of the Watches of Switzerland Group (the 'Group') and to provide essential support, through donations, to local and national charities focused on poverty, social mobility and hardship. It is intended that the beneficiaries will be in the communities within which the Group operates.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £828092 | £1502027 | £1751008 | 0 |
| April 30, 2024 | £1515044 | £2041911 | £2424943 | 0 |
| April 30, 2023 | £1513170 | £1673322 | £2951810 | 0 |
| April 30, 2022 | £4519875 | £1407913 | £3111962 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Hugh Brian Duffy** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 7, 2010
- David James Gandy — appointed Oct. 13, 2021
- John David Hannah — appointed Oct. 13, 2021
- Johnathan Joseph — appointed April 11, 2022
- Ruth Georgina Benford — appointed Oct. 13, 2021
- Terence Ian Parris — appointed Oct. 13, 2021