SOCIAL INVESTMENT BUSINESS FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1117185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADVENTURE CAPITAL FUND
SIB FOUNDATION INVESTS IN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS RUNNING ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES. WE PROVIDE FINANCE SUCH AS LOANS, GRANTS AND EQUITIES AS WELL AS SUPPORT AND ADVICE.
Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Group’s free unrestricted reserves stood at £23.2m, which is significantly above the Trustees' agreed minimum reserves balance of £2.0m to £2.5m. The Trustees have confirmed that the entities within the group are anticipated to have sufficient cash resources for at least 12 months following the date of signing, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: TSIB Directors received total remuneration of £63,800.
“Payments are also made to the Directors of TSIB, a subsidiary of SIBF. The total TSIB director remuneration costs are £63,800 (2024: £45,714)” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 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.
- BARNARD, Christopher James — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
- BAYIM-ADOMAKO, Magdalene Akosua Foda — director, appointed 28/03/2024not on trustee list
- MITCHELL, Louisa Jane — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
- GHOSH, Debjani — director, appointed 28/03/2024on trustee list
- KEYTE, Gavin — director, appointed 28/09/2022on trustee list
- WALLIS, Edward — director, appointed 22/09/2021on trustee list
- DOSANJH-ELTON, Jagjit — director, appointed 27/01/2021on trustee list
- HEWITT, Robert James Alistair — director, appointed 13/11/2019on trustee list
- SIRIWARDENA, Sonali — director, appointed 13/11/2019on trustee list
- CHIKHLIA, Nishit — secretary, appointed 08/07/2021
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (1,553 likes) · instagram (740 followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£3.9m
Reserves (reported)
£23.2m
Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Sonali Siriwardenachair
- Christopher James Barnard
- Debjani Ghosh
- Edward Wallis
- Gavin Keyte
- Jagjit Dosanjh-Elton
- Louisa Jane Mitchell
- Magdalene Akosua Foda Bayim- Adomako
- Robert Hewitt
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOCIAL INVESTMENT BUSINESS FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group’s free unrestricted reserves stood at £23.2m, which is significantly above the Trustees' agreed minimum reserves balance of £2.0m to £2.5m. The Trustees have confirmed that the entities within the group are anticipated to have sufficient cash resources for at least 12 months following the date of signing, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.
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