ASHOKA UK
Registered charity 1113246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Ashoka UK is the UK chapter of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a charity registered in the United States of America. The objects of Ashoka UK are to relieve poverty and sickness, preserve and protect health and advance education and promote the preservation of the environment for the public benefit particularly in developing countries by promoting the work of the organisation known as Ashoka.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £872,870, resulting from planned expenditure of restricted funds exceeding income. Despite this, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern without material uncertainty for at least 12 months, supported by unrestricted reserves of £193,792.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 6.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Our core fundraising costs are primarily staff salaries, with no significant additional expenses, keeping costs at 6% of total funds raised.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £194k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The Charity has not met its unrestricted reserve target” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SINGH, Yashveer — director, appointed 27/07/2020on trustee list
- CARTER, Conrad William — director, appointed 15/02/2020on trustee list
- UNDERHILL, Christopher Patrick — director, appointed 01/07/2019on trustee list
- PERKINS, Lucy Fitch — director, appointed 28/06/2018on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£136k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 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 (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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Christopher Patrick Underhill
- Conrad William Carter
- Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Yashveer Singh
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ASHOKA UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £872,870, resulting from planned expenditure of restricted funds exceeding income. Despite this, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern without material uncertainty for at least 12 months, supported by unrestricted reserves of £193,792. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.
Who funds ASHOKA UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ASHOKA UK as a grant recipient include LUCILLE FOUNDATION, EDGE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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