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GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1103351 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the charity are the support of The Genesis Foundation, registered charity number 1084555, and any other worthwhile charitable causes identified by the trustees.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £617,728 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds moving from a surplus of £44,673 to a deficit of £573,155. The trustees consider the charity a going concern, relying on personal underwriting by founder trustee John Studzinski to meet liabilities as they fall due. The charity holds a minimum reserves policy of £10,000, which is exceeded by its current cash balance of £108,200.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Founder Trustee (98% of income)
“Total donations, including gift aid, during the year of £1,079,289 (2024 - £1,016,875) were provided by the founder trustee, John Studzinski.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £10,000 as bank balance (held: £-573k)
“The trustees have examined the requirement for free reserves and consider that the charity should hold a minimum of £10,000 as bank balance at any given time.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Genesis Foundation
“The charity made grants totalling £239,570 to the Genesis Foundation in the year (2024 - £181,232). The Genesis Foundation is a registered charity and in the year, had the same trustees as Genesis America (UK) Limited. The charity had amounts due from Genesis America Inc of nil (2024 - £14,325). Total donations, including gift aid, during the year of £1,079,289 (2024 - £1,016,875) were provided by the founder trustee, John Studzinski. Within the year, a payment of £6,000 was made to the Trust by the Founder Trustee, John Studzinski. This payment related to the reimbursement of expenses incurred during the financial year ended 31 December 2024.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

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 (100% 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: 0.0% 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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.1m£1.7m
31/12/2024£1.0m£884k
31/12/2023£1.0m£1.2m
31/12/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2021£1.7m£1.8m

Common questions

Is GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £617,728 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds moving from a surplus of £44,673 to a deficit of £573,155. The trustees consider the charity a going concern, relying on personal underwriting by founder trustee John Studzinski to meet liabilities as they fall due. The charity holds a minimum reserves policy of £10,000, which is exceeded by its current cash balance of £108,200. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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
BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION1£2.0m
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£18k
THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£5k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY1£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£2k
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BATH TRUST FUND1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation FY2025£746k—0unclear—no doubt
GENESIS TRUST BATH FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
Genesis Foundation FY2025£351k——below—no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
GOFUNDME.ORG.UK FY2025£227k—0above—no doubt

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