GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1109845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of research and associated educational initiatives in the field of entrepreneurship practice and policy development.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN THE FIELD OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRACTICE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PRINCIPALLY BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND BY SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£730k
Latest spending
£521k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £209,075 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,208,494. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are 129% of forecast core operational expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to two years of operations. The directors consider the financial situation very healthy with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£730k
Total spending
£521k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~27.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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 (4.9%) (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
31/12/2024£730k£521k
31/12/2023£694k£575k
31/12/2022£750k£559k
31/12/2021£576k£466k
31/12/2020£458k£720k

Common questions

Is GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £209,075 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,208,494. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are 129% of forecast core operational expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to two years of operations. The directors consider the financial situation very healthy with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BDO 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
Founders Pledge Ltd1£6.5m
EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION1£1.0m
BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL UK1£72k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH ASSOCIATION£730k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT FY2025£155k——within—no doubt
STEMA FY2024£151k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FY2025£690k—0above—no doubt
BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD FY2025£1.9m—0below—no doubt
BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FY2024£2.0m£100,001 - £110,000—above—no doubt

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