The TechSoup Trust

Registered charity 1114615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIVIL SOCIETY SYSTEMS, GUIDE STAR INTERNATIONAL, GUIDESTAR INTERNATIONAL, TECHSOUP UK

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Objects

(3.1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THEIR ACTIVITIES, REGULATION AND SYSTEMS OF ORGANISATION;(3.2) TO PROMOTE CHARITY AND CHARITABLE ENDEAVOURS;(3.3) TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND (3.4) TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIESBY (AMONGST OTHER THINGS) ENCOURAGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASES ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES AND FINANCES OF CHARITIES ESTABLISHED IN PARTICULAR JURISDICTIONS. ('THE OBJECTS')

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £309,353, which management believes are sufficient to cover the stated policy of maintaining two to three months' operating costs. The charity reports a net movement in funds of -£16,479 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £325,832 to £309,353.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lubbock Fine LLP. Discloses 6 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05594889

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.

• HOYLE, William Anthony — director, appointed 02/02/2015on trustee list
• JAUCH, Reto — director, appointed 02/02/2015on trustee list
• MCDERMOTT, John Edward — director, appointed 02/02/2015on trustee list
• MASISAK, Rebecca Jean — director, appointed 27/05/2010on trustee list
• M & N SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 09/01/2014

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (95% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Anthony Hoylechair
• John Edward McDermott
• REBECCA MASISAK
• Reto Jauch

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIAL TECH TRUST.

• SOCIAL TECH TRUST income £244k
• CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST income £2.7m
• The Movements Trust Limited income £631k
• THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k
• THE SCS TRUST income £166k
• NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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