Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation

Registered charity 1109918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GENESIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, GENESIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED

The charity approves grants and fundraising in line with the corporate objectives of Notting Hill Genesis and the obligations of two trust funds (Eastwood Trust and Knowles Trust).

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£746k
Latest spending
£554k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £1,252,562, comprising £501,676 in unrestricted funds and £750,886 in restricted funds. The trustees have adopted a policy to continue running the charity until these funds are fully utilised, with no specific monetary reserves policy target stated in the filing. The independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable donations (96% of income)
“Total income in the year of £745,512 (2024: £74,177) is made up of charitable donations of £717,630 (2024: £41,628) and interest received of £27,882 (2024: £32,549).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: continue the running of the charity until these funds are utilised (held: £502k)
“The Board approved a written resolution in February 2020 to continue the running of the charity until these funds are utilised” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£748k
Total spending
£554k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~27.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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
31/03/2025£746k£554k
31/03/2024£73k£507k
31/03/2023£66k£421k
31/03/2022£406£0
31/03/2021£757£441k

Common questions

Is Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £1,252,562, comprising £501,676 in unrestricted funds and £750,886 in restricted funds. The trustees have adopted a policy to continue running the charity until these funds are fully utilised, with no specific monetary reserves policy target stated in the filing. The independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation£746k—0unclear—no doubt
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt

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