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Digital Poverty Alliance

Registered charity 1086306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E-LEARNING FOUNDATION, LEARNING FOUNDATION

To further education through encouraging and enabling the adoption of information,learning and communications technologies in schools and in the home on a basis of equity of access to all with special regard to the education needs, including the provision of information, advice and funding support of those who have social or economic disadvantage or who have a disability.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,849,149 against total expenditure of £1,767,028. The trustees report that free reserves of £256,490 are below their stated policy target of six months' cover of operating costs plus closure costs. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months cover of all operating costs, plus an estimated cost of closing the charity down in an orderly manner (held: £256k)
“The Trustees believe that a target of 6 months cover of all operating costs, plus an estimated cost of closing the charity down in an orderly manner, is a reasonable target of reserves to carry forward.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Travel expenses paid to a trustee-connected business
“An amount of £128 was paid to Beverly Clarke Consulting Ltd (2024: £325) for travel expenses. This is a related party due to Beverly Clarke being a trustee of the charity.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Affinia. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Digital Poverty Alliance (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£40k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.6m£2.0m
31/03/2023£1.8m£2.2m
31/03/2022£2.1m£2.4m
31/03/2021£2.4m£1.4m

Common questions

Is Digital Poverty Alliance financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,849,149 against total expenditure of £1,767,028. The trustees report that free reserves of £256,490 are below their stated policy target of six months' cover of operating costs plus closure costs. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia.

Who funds Digital Poverty Alliance?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Digital Poverty Alliance as a grant recipient include THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2023£211k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£209k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kReduced Inequalities / Gender Equality
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION2£1.0m
AKO FOUNDATION1£1.3m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£800k
MISSION441£440k
THE ASDA FOUNDATION1£438k
CHASEHAWK LIMITED1£220k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£153k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION1£127k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DAME ALLAN'S SCHOOLS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Digital Poverty Alliance£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
DAME ALLAN'S SCHOOLS FY2025£19.1m£140,001 - £150,000—above—no doubt
GET FURTHER LTD FY2025£1.6m——within—no doubt
DIGITAL ADVANTAGE FY2025£1.3m£98,2841unclear—no doubt
EDUPOOR LIMITED FY2025£850k—0below—no doubt
CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt

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