SHARED INTEREST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1102375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing business support to make livelihoods and living standards better for disadvantaged communities in some of the world's poorest countries. A key ongoing project is the delivery of producer training.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income increased to £507,681, resulting in a net surplus of £153,953 for the year. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £170,305, which the Trustees consider appropriate given their policy target of three to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The Trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient funding to continue operations through 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04833073

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shared Interest Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• BAKER, Kerrey — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• MILLER, Jameson Robert — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• DUNCAN, Melissa Joy — director, appointed 15/12/2021on trustee list
• VALENTIN, Johan Carl Paul — director, appointed 15/12/2021on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Richard — director, appointed 14/10/2020on trustee list
• GALE, Yvonne, Dr — director, appointed 18/12/2019on trustee list
• POWELL, Joanna Claire — secretary, appointed 01/01/2025

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Yvonne Gale · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jameson Miller · trustee of 1 other charity
• Johan Carl Paul Valentin
• Kerrey Baker
• Melissa Duncan
• Richard Anderson

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Kenya · Nicaragua · Peru · Rwanda · Uganda

Income and spending

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Known funders

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