PRISM THE GIFT FUND

Registered charity 1099682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£91.4m

Latest spending

£81.2m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £13,614,986 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total funds increasing to £346,439,007. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,985,170, which the Board considers sufficient to safeguard the charity from financial risk.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum level of operating costs in light of the predominant risks to the organisation, specifically a fall in donation income and clients (held: £2.0m)

“The Board’s reserves policy is to maintain a minimum level of operating costs in light of the predominant risks to the organisation, specifically a fall in donation income and clients.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Prism Administration Limited, a company whose directors are the co-founders of the Charity and Anna Josse is the CEO. Fees of £1,782,301 were paid to Prism Administration Limited for operational services.

“Prism Administration Limited has a contract with Prism the Gift Fund to run its operations. In the year to 30 June 2025 fees of £1,782,301 (2024: £2,082,071) were paid to Prism Administration.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In the news

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

Major donors ‘don’t understand gift aid’, says Prism the Gift Fund boss civilsociety.co.uk · 10/12/2024

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Prism The Gift Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £120. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£91.4m

Total spending

£81.2m

Cost of raising funds

£958k

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Collard
Charles Edward Raymond Banner
Charles Mesquita
Jeremy Adrian Amias · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Simmons
Nneka Orji · trustee of 1 other charity
Penny Lovell
Sharonjit Clare

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£91.4m	£81.2m
30/06/2024	£94.1m	£69.4m
30/06/2023	£115.3m	£68.7m
30/06/2022	£114.9m	£57.6m
30/06/2021	£80.4m	£52.8m

Common questions

Is PRISM THE GIFT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £13,614,986 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total funds increasing to £346,439,007. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,985,170, which the Board considers sufficient to safeguard the charity from financial risk. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds PRISM THE GIFT FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PRISM THE GIFT FUND as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE RODDICK FOUNDATION, THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Anthony Collard — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Charles Edward Raymond Banner — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Charles Mesquita — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Jeremy Adrian Amias — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Jonathan Gold — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Jonathan Simmons — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Nneka Orji — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Penny Lovell — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND
Sharonjit Clare — trustee here and at PRISM THE GIFT FUND

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	FY2024	£189k	General Charitable Purposes
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2022	£179k	Grant to Prism the Gift Fund’s nominated Farming the Future account for regranting
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£179k	Farming the Future
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k	Farming The Future Annual Grant Pool for 2022-23
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2022	£100k
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k	Towards the Tessa Jowell Foundation and NHS Tessa Jowell Centres for Excellence in Children
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k	Towards the costs of evaluating the learning and development outcomes from the first phase of the Resourcing Racial Justice Fund.
THE ORP FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k	Children and Education
THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£25k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£18k	General charitable purposes
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£12k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k	To raise standards of treatment and managementof urological diseases and of research in the UK and Ireland by funding educational programmes and research
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	FY2025	£3k	funding for ongoing support for books and resources
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2023	£2k	Biocultural Diversity
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2022	£2k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2024	£2k	Biocultural Diversity
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	FY2023	£2k	Funding contribution to reach families outside of London in Jewish life through the gift of children's books
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	FY2022	£2k	Funding contribution to reach families outside of London in Jewish life through the gift of children's books
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	General charitable purposes
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2025	£1k
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2024	£1k
THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2023	£1k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	10/03/2025	£49k	Grant to Refugee Youth Service UK CIC
City Bridge Foundation	23/08/2023	£96k	Grant to Refugee Youth Service UK CIC
UK government	20/01/2023	£114k	Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
UK government	20/01/2023	£522k	Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
UK government	20/01/2023	£565k	Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
UK government	28/07/2021	£314k	Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
UK government	17/05/2021	£25k	Holocaust Awareness Raising
UK government	01/04/2020	£409k	EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
Greater London Authority	19/09/2019	£50k	Grant to An Outdoor Classroom for Grow
Greater London Authority	15/09/2019	£50k	Good Growth Fund - Crowdfund London
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2019	£10k	Apart of Me

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£470k
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited	1	£4.4m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES	1	£695k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE INDIGO TRUST	1	£450k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£382k
THE APAX FOUNDATION	1	£157k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRISM YOUTH PROJECT.

PRISM YOUTH PROJECT income £2.3m
PRINCETON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £13.2m
UK GIVES LTD income £1.5m
CLYDPRIDE LIMITED income £4.0m
FULL FACT income £2.9m
PERSULA FOUNDATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	£91.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PRISM YOUTH PROJECT FY2025	£2.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
PRINCETON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£13.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UK GIVES LTD FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CLYDPRIDE LIMITED FY2025	£4.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024	£2.9m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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