THE SHARE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1108068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Share Foundation aims to reduce the generational cycle of deprivation by building resources and life skills for looked after children and young people. We operate the UK-wide Junior ISA and Child Trust Fund schemes on behalf of the Department for Education, opening and administering accounts, raising additional voluntary contributions to build account values and providing financial education.

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

Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £611,427 from £1,037,683 in the prior year, a level the Trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of expenditure in the event of funding loss. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, driven by significant expenditure on charitable activities including the Stepladder Plus incentives, while maintaining an audited clean opinion with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“During the year there were no employees who earned between £60,000-£70,000 (2024: nil).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“The total value of donations received from the trustees was £575,000 (2024: £100,000), with this being inclusive of gift aid receivable of £41,800 (2024: Nil). There were no conditions attached to these donations.” — page 43

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£22k

Reserves (reported)

£611k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

GAVIN DAVID REDVERS OLDHAMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher William Daws · trustee of 2 other charities
Fiona Mary Ross
HENRIETTA SHANE ROYLE · trustee of 2 other charities
JOHN RICHARD REEVE
Karen Lorraine Gillie
RUTH MARIA KELLY · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Larter-Evans · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£1.8m
31/03/2024	£691k	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£4.8m	£4.6m
31/03/2022	£4.4m	£3.5m
31/03/2021	£2.6m	£2.5m

Common questions

Is THE SHARE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £611,427 from £1,037,683 in the prior year, a level the Trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of expenditure in the event of funding loss. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, driven by significant expenditure on charitable activities including the Stepladder Plus incentives, while maintaining an audited clean opinion with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE SHARE FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds THE SHARE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHARE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£250k
THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k	financial education scheme
THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k	financial education scheme
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Youth and Employment

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 SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	1	—
The Creator Share Foundation	1	—
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY	1	—
The Ethos Foundation	1	£3.5m
The Caring Family Foundation	1	£410k
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£305k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHAREAFRICA.

SHAREAFRICA income £599k
SHARE income £805k
The Creator Share Foundation income £784k
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION income £138k
LIFE FOR A KID FOUNDATION income £177k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION income £956k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SHARE FOUNDATION	£1.2m	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
SHAREAFRICA FY2025	£599k	—	above	—	no doubt
SHARE FY2024	£805k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Creator Share Foundation FY2025	£784k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIFE FOR A KID FOUNDATION FY2025	£177k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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