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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1072453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

Latest income
£15.1m
Latest spending
£6.0m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a sizeable surplus of £9 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing unrestricted funds to over £22.2 million. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity remains a going concern, with no material uncertainty identified. The charity plans to rebuild its general fund to a target level over a five-year period.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: rebuild the general fund to its target level over a five-year period (held: £22.2m)
“plan to rebuild the general fund to its target level over a five-year period”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO LLP.

What the charity says about itself (2023/24)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report— the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report covers the year ended 31 March 2024, with data primarily reflecting calendar year 2023 activities.
“Based on just the 256,167 Award achievers in 2023, this was calculated to be £940 million.”
The report states that 256,167 Awards were gained in 2023.
“256,167 Awards were gained”
The report highlights the number of volunteers supporting participants.
“Our 170,000 registered volunteers found ways to continue to guide and support their participants”
The report details the growth in participant numbers compared to the previous year.
“We experienced the equivalent of 1,530 young people starting their Award journeys every day. That’s equivalent to about 100 young people more per day than the previous year.”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£15.1m
Total spending
£6.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£22.2m
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~44.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · City Of Westminster · Jamaica · Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£15.1m£6.0m
31/03/2024£8.9m£5.4m
31/03/2023£7.8m£5.2m
31/03/2022£6.0m£4.5m
31/03/2021£7.9m£4.7m

Common questions

Is THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity made a sizeable surplus of £9 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing unrestricted funds to over £22.2 million. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity remains a going concern, with no material uncertainty identified. The charity plans to rebuild its general fund to a target level over a five-year period. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

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