The concept behind the Foundation Practice Rating is the belief that UK trusts and foundations can make a valuable contribution in addressing the many challenges facing our society today. However, research on charitable foundations suggests that they are not adequately equipped to meet the challenges themselves, and may hamper the charities that depend on them. Barrow Cadbury Trust is one of the supporting and participating foundations in the Foundation Practice Rating.

This report looks at foundations’ practices in three important and interlinked domains of practice: diversity, accountability and transparency. It covers the ratings from FPR’s Year Three, based on data gathered in autumn 2023.

Published in March 2024 by the Friends Provident Association.