FAIRSHARE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1117244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAIRPENSIONS, SHAREACTION

The main areas of charitable activity are in campaigning and education of the public in the principles, practice and effects of responsible and ethical investment.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £697,679 for the year ended 31 January 2026, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £962,309, which is described as being at the top of the targeted range set by the charity's reserves policy. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2023 (received 01/12/2023, 1 day after the 30/11/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexia Wai-Chun Tye · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Steenland
• Amelie Desiree Baudot
• Andrew Clifford Wales
• Ian Stuart Brindley
• June Hutchison Boyle
• Kevin Chih-Cheng Chuah
• Liubov Nikulina
• Nicholas Glicher
• Oliver William Hunt

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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