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THE INNOCENT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1104289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the foundation is to help the world's hungry, through funding projects to meet two goals: stopping children dying of hunger and helping the poorest families to feed themselves.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£732k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased to £2,449,209, with £2,104,204 classified as uncommitted reserves. The trustees confirm that these funds meet the charity's stated reserves policy, which requires covering committed expenditure plus wind-down costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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

Reserves policy: cover committed expenditure and wind down costs, with cumulative committed income greater than cumulative committed expenditure (held: £2.4m)
“At any given time, The Foundation must be able to cover its committed expenditure and also have the necessary funds to wind down The Foundation’s operations should funding cease. In addition, the cumulative committed income must be greater than cumulative committed expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Innocent Limited paid The Foundation £1 (2024: £50,000) for a licence fee for the use of The Foundation's logo with limitations.
“Innocent Limited paid The Foundation £1 (2024: £50,000) for a licence fee for the use of The Foundation's logo with limitations.” — page 32
“During the year lnnocent Limited incurred £83,411 (2024: £112,811) in respect of employment costs. As staff seconded from the company to The Foundation spend 100% of their time running The Foundation, this was recharged to The Foundation” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: During the year Innocent Limited incurred £83,411 (2024: £112,811) in respect of employment costs. As staff seconded from the company to The Foundation spend 100% of their time running The Foundation, this was recharged to The Foundation.
“Innocent Limited paid The Foundation £1 (2024: £50,000) for a licence fee for the use of The Foundation's logo with limitations.” — page 32
“During the year lnnocent Limited incurred £83,411 (2024: £112,811) in respect of employment costs. As staff seconded from the company to The Foundation spend 100% of their time running The Foundation, this was recharged to The Foundation” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£732k
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~34.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Guatemala · Kenya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mozambique · Nepal · Nigeria · Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.1m£732k
30/06/2024£1.0m£1.0m
30/06/2023£1.0m£1.2m
30/06/2022£1.0m£1.1m
30/06/2021£1000k£1.6m

Common questions

Is THE INNOCENT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased to £2,449,209, with £2,104,204 classified as uncommitted reserves. The trustees confirm that these funds meet the charity's stated reserves policy, which requires covering committed expenditure plus wind-down costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

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
FONTHILL FOUNDATION1£18k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC)1£5k
AY AND Y PATEL CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION1£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ONE FEEDS TWO FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INNOCENT FOUNDATION£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE ONE FEEDS TWO FOUNDATION FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt
THE PURI FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3m—0above—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS FY2024£254k—0unclear—no doubt
HANDS OF GIVING FOUNDATION FY2025£123k—0above—no doubt

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