CHANGING FACES

Registered charity 1011222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC039725 (OSCR)

Changing Faces supports and represents people of all ages with disfigurements from any cause.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating surplus of £68,101 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,312,021 and total expenditure of £1,243,920. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £309,049, which is below the stated policy target of six months of unrestricted operational expenditure (calculated at just under £370,000). The trustees note that while the financial position is stable, the external environment remains difficult, requiring cautious monitoring to ensure reserves return to the target level.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 per annum was: 2025 2” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of relevant unrestricted operational expenditure (held: £309k)

“Changing Faces’ policy is to hold free reserves calculated at six months of relevant unrestricted operational expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Changing Faces: New Heads countryandtownhouse.com · 03/06/2023
Who’s Moving: Mayhew, Changing Faces, Lifeworks and more civilsociety.co.uk · 22/08/2022

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Changing Faces (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£329k

Reserves (reported)

£309k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 25.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Helen Kate Prykechair
Amit Sheth
Caroline Louise Clarke
Dr Simon van Eeden
Elissa Holme
Monica Gizzi
Nicholas Lee
Tiwonge Cohn
Vikas Acharya

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£2.2m
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£1.9m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is CHANGING FACES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating surplus of £68,101 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,312,021 and total expenditure of £1,243,920. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £309,049, which is below the stated policy target of six months of unrestricted operational expenditure (calculated at just under £370,000). The trustees note that while the financial position is stable, the external environment remains difficult, requiring cautious monitoring to ensure reserves return to the target level. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

Who funds CHANGING FACES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHANGING FACES as a grant recipient include THE VTCT FOUNDATION, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, Matchroom Charitable Foundation, MOONDANCE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VTCT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£123k	Main grant
THE VTCT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k	Changing Faces Campaign Plan
THE VTCT FOUNDATION	FY2025	£94k	Changing Faces Campaign Plan Year 2
THE VTCT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£60k	To support the development of a business plan for campaigning work
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£50k
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£40k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation	FY2025	£35k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£29k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£28k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2024	£25k
PERSULA FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k
PERSULA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k
PEGASUS	FY2022	£20k
THE AMATEURS TRUST	FY2024	£18k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	FY2022	£15k	costs of a national counselling service for people with disfigurements
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2025	£15k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2021	£10k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND	FY2024	£10k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND	FY2023	£10k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND	FY2022	£10k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£7k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£7k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£7k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£6k	Charitable Donation
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£6k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£6k
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY	FY2021	£5k	Note 7
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	SMALLER GRANTS
THE AMATEURS TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND	FY2021	£5k
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k	Welfare
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Compassionate Support
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2024	£3k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Charitable Donation
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION	FY2021	£3k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2022	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Compassionate Support
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Compassionate Support

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/10/2025	£20k	Together in Difference – Empowering the Visible Difference Community in Scotland
City Bridge Foundation	12/09/2024	£95k	Grant to Changing Faces
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/06/2022	£10k	Wellbeing for people with visible difference
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/05/2022	£431k	Facing the future: online support for people with visible differences
City Bridge Foundation	30/04/2021	£130k	Grant to Changing Faces
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/03/2021	£10k	Wellbeing Service for people with visible difference
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	17/12/2019	£5k	Grant to Changing Faces
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/09/2019	£10k	Skin Camouflage Service in London
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/04/2019	£100k	The Youth Action Group #FaceEquality Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/01/2019	£262k	Face it Together
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/09/2018	£10k	Skin Camouflage service pilot
UK government	01/04/2018	£30k	Hate Crime Community Demonstration Projects 18-19
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/03/2015	£350k	Promoting confidence in children and young people with disfigurements
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/02/2015	£2k	Promoting confidence in children and young people with disfigurements
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/11/2012	£250k	A Changing Faces Centre for people with disfigurements in Yorkshire
City Bridge Foundation	07/09/2011	£130k	Grant to Changing Faces
City Bridge Foundation	18/02/2010	£5k	Grant to Changing Faces
UK government	—	£43k	Hate Crime Community Demonstration Projects 17-18

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	2	£7k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	2	£450
THE BERKELEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.7m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST	1	£844k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£382k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	1	£300k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FACIAL SURGERY RESEARCH FOUNDATION - SAVING FACES.

THE FACIAL SURGERY RESEARCH FOUNDATION - SAVING FACES income £195k
Headlines Craniofacial Support income £125k
THE SCAR FREE FOUNDATION income £493k
CHANGING PATHWAYS income £2.9m
FACES BEDFORD income £495k
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHANGING FACES	£1.3m	—	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FACIAL SURGERY RESEARCH FOUNDATION - SAVING FACES FY2025	£195k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Headlines Craniofacial Support FY2025	£125k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SCAR FREE FOUNDATION FY2025	£493k	—	—	above	—	noted
CHANGING PATHWAYS FY2025	£2.9m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
FACES BEDFORD FY2026	£495k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.