PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1080839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Pink Ribbon Foundation is a grant making trust with a mission to offer grants to organisations working in the field of breast cancer. There are a large number of such charities in the UK each as deserving as the next. Many of the charities that we support are the smaller ones that operate on a shoestring.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM, OR WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY, BREAST CANCER BY PROVIDING, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, INFORMATION, CARE, EMOTIONAL, PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SUCH PEOPLE; AND 2. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF BREAST CANCER, ITS EARLY DETECTION AND ITS TREATMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY COMMISSIONING OR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, DETECTION, AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER, AND BY THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£903k
Latest spending
£784k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a stable financial situation with total funds of £1,391,003, which exceeds the stated minimum reserves policy of £250,000. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfil all obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250,000 (held: £1.4m)
“We have agreed to hold reserves at a minimum of £250,000, in order to ensure we can maintain a consistent grant making programmes from year to year.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Administrative work
“Payments totalling £26,150 (2024: £22,381) were made to Social Impact Group in respect of administrative work. Jonathan Prince, who is a Trustee of the charity, is also a director of Social Impact Group.” — page 18
“Payments totalling £406 (2024: fnil) were made to Blue Ribbon in respect of income received on their behalf. Jonathan Prince, Elizabeth MacBean and Angela Brignall, who are Trustees of the charity, are also Trustees of Blue Ribbon Foundation.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income received on behalf
“Payments totalling £26,150 (2024: £22,381) were made to Social Impact Group in respect of administrative work. Jonathan Prince, who is a Trustee of the charity, is also a director of Social Impact Group.” — page 18
“Payments totalling £406 (2024: fnil) were made to Blue Ribbon in respect of income received on their behalf. Jonathan Prince, Elizabeth MacBean and Angela Brignall, who are Trustees of the charity, are also Trustees of Blue Ribbon Foundation.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Pink Ribbon Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£903k
Total spending
£784k
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~21.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 9.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£903k£784k
30/09/2024£849k£554k
30/09/2023£630k£509k
30/09/2022£499k£386k
30/09/2021£451k£278k

Common questions

Is PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a stable financial situation with total funds of £1,391,003, which exceeds the stated minimum reserves policy of £250,000. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfil all obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500