The Frederick Mulder Foundation

Analysis

The Frederick Mulder Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ross-Shire. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Frederick Mulder Foundation reported income of £223k and spending of £745k, spending 334% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £130k to £223k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 3326%. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Frederick Mulder Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include SMD Foundation (£223k), Torah and Chesed (BH) Limited (£224k) and Up 'n Away (£223k).