NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL

Registered charity 1091450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NPC

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Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.0m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a £140,332 unrestricted surplus for the year, with total income of £3.2m and total expenditure of £3.0m. The trustees report that fully unrestricted reserves and committed income cover approximately 6 months of budgeted expenditure, which is at the top end of their stated reserves policy target. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate 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: three to six months of planned expenditure (held: £503k)
“The trustees’ aim for total unrestricted reserves and committed income to cover between 3 and 6 months of planned expenditure in the year ahead.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: New Philanthropy Capital Trading Ltd
“The charity has a wholly-owned trading subsidiary, NPC Trading Limited. The company did not trade during the years ended 30 June 2025 or 30 June 2024.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NPC (New Philanthropy Capital) (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.0m
Cost of raising funds
£94k
Reserves (reported)
£482k
Employees
40

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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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
30/06/2025£3.2m£3.0m
30/06/2024£3.1m£3.5m
30/06/2023£3.5m£3.9m
30/06/2022£3.6m£3.0m
30/06/2021£3.4m£2.9m

Common questions

Is NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a £140,332 unrestricted surplus for the year, with total income of £3.2m and total expenditure of £3.0m. The trustees report that fully unrestricted reserves and committed income cover approximately 6 months of budgeted expenditure, which is at the top end of their stated reserves policy target. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL as a grant recipient include MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION, THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION, The Ethos Foundation, THE HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2.3mIntermediate
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£200kIntermediate
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATIONFY2022£180k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£75k
The Ethos FoundationFY2025£50kunrestricted funding
THE HEALTH FOUNDATIONFY2023£42kImproving people’s health and reducing inequalities
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£40k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
THE EY FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kTo make sure that marginalised young people, with a focus on those from low-income backgrounds, have equitable access to the green workforce
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2022£25k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kTowards the core costs of running their programme of work aimed at engaging the social sector with the environmental crises.
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2025£20kDiscovery Phase
The Ethos FoundationFY2023£10kOther smaller grants
The Ethos FoundationFY2022£10kMiscellaneous smaller grant.
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£10kConnect Fund
The Ethos FoundationFY2024£10kSmaller grant
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£6kEnvironmental and criminal justice
Bird Song TrustFY2025£3kSociety - Research
THE GSR FOUNDATIONFY2024£0
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATIONFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
William Grant Foundation10/10/2023£38kEveryone's Environment, year 2
City Bridge Foundation28/02/2023£170kGrant to New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)
City Bridge Foundation23/08/2022£35kGrant to New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)
William Grant Foundation21/06/2022£75kThe social sector and the environmental crises
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2019£154kN/A
The National Lottery Community Fund15/06/2018£600kInspiring Impact
City Bridge Foundation12/07/2016£45kGrant to New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2015£600kInspiring Impact: Year 4-6
Northern Rock Foundation01/07/2013£10kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East & Cumbria)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch11/06/2013£10kNew Philanthropy Capital
Northern Rock Foundation22/02/2013£5kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East & Cumbria)
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2012£280kInspiring Impact
Northern Rock Foundation15/05/2012£1kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East & Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation16/12/2011£5kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East & Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation12/07/2005£25kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East)
Northern Rock Foundation10/09/2004£14kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East)
Northern Rock Foundation09/12/2003£29kGrant awarded to New Philanthropy Capital (North East)
UK government—£125kYouth Investment Fund Learning & Impact

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL£3.2m——within—no doubt
CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£4.9m——above—no doubt
CHAPEL & YORK UK FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited FY2025£225.4m—0unclear—no doubt
GIVINGWORKS FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR PHILANTHROPY FY2025£244k——below—no doubt

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