THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (UK)

Registered charity 1120148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES

The charity is a grant making charity, providing grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad, funded principally by donations made by affiliate and subsidiary companies of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc and by current and retired senior employees of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, and its affiliates and subsidiaries.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE : WORLWIDE

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.7m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income funds totalled US$26,168,251 as at 30 June 2025, comprising a general fund and an other reserve. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific unrestricted reserves in GBP. No material uncertainties or going concern risks are explicitly stated in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 1 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Total income
£3.7m
Total spending
£3.4m
Cost of raising funds
£58k
Reserves (reported)
£20.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~70.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Hong Kong · Singapore · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£3.7m£3.4m
30/06/2024£1.4m£3.8m
30/06/2023£1.4m£3.4m
30/06/2022£1.7m£3.2m
30/06/2021£7.6m£2.5m

Common questions

Is THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income funds totalled US$26,168,251 as at 30 June 2025, comprising a general fund and an other reserve. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific unrestricted reserves in GBP. No material uncertainties or going concern risks are explicitly stated in the provided text.

Who funds THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (UK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (UK) as a grant recipient include DEMENTIA ADVENTURE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DEMENTIA ADVENTURE TRUSTFY2025£1kFunding for Green Letter Days

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 GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES (UK).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (UK)£3.7m——unclear—no doubt
GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES (UK) FY2025£27.5m—0unclear—no doubt
GOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£30k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GFF UK TRUST FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY FY2025£19.0m£150,000 - £160,00015unclear—no doubt
RSM UK FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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