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THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

Registered charity 1090393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNLTD

Our mission is to find social entrepreneurs with bold solutions to today's challenges. Through funding and support, we help them to realise their potential and create lasting change.This charity raises funds from the public but does not work with professional fundraisers or commercial participators.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.4m
Latest spending
£8.0m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1.1 million, which the trustees consider equivalent to 5.8 months of externally funded expenditure against a policy target of 3 to 6 months. The trustees confirm 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

Highest-paid employee band: £139,818 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“The pay level of the CEO was £139,818 for the financial year 2024-25.” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Investment income (75% of income)
“In the financial year under review income, including investments, grants, donations and trading activities, was £6,380,139 (2024: £6,557,812). This included investment income of £4,798,988” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 3 and 6 months of externally funded UnLtd expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“The target range of optimum reserves level is between 3 and 6 months of externally funded UnLtd expenditure.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UnLtd - The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£6.4m
Total spending
£8.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£172.6m
Employees
59

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (75% 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: 15.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.4m£8.0m
31/03/2024£6.6m£7.7m
31/03/2023£10.1m£11.2m
31/03/2022£11.0m£10.8m
31/03/2021£21.8m£19.0m

Common questions

Is THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1.1 million, which the trustees consider equivalent to 5.8 months of externally funded expenditure against a policy target of 3 to 6 months. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £139,818 band.

Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS as a grant recipient include The Ethos Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Ethos FoundationFY2022£5kMiscellaneous smaller grant.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company06/12/2018£100kGrant to UnLtd
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2012£8.5mBig Venture Challenge 2
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2011£2.2mThe Big Venture Challenge
The National Lottery Community Fund11/09/2008£4.7mYoung UnLtd
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2005£9.8mThe Big Boost
UK government—£54kUnLtd Online Model Articles Campaign

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 PWC FOUNDATION2£790k
THE DULVERTON TRUST2£620k
THE GRANT THORNTON FOUNDATION1—
THE HAINSFORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1—
Founders Pledge Ltd1£6.5m
EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION1£1.0m
POWER TO CHANGE TRUST1£374k
THE COALFIELDS REGENERATION TRUST1£175k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS£6.4m£139,818—within—no doubt
SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS FY2025£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
PS FOUNDATION FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOCIAL MARKET FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
SUMERIAN FOUNDATION FY2024£417k—0above—no doubt
THE SOCIAL MOBILITY FOUNDATION FY2025£3.3m—2unclear—no doubt

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