THE END FUND

Registered charity 1122574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAPITAL FOR GOOD

The END Fund seeks to ensure people at risk of NTDs can live healthy and prosperous lives and delivers its charitable aims primarily through grant making. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect more than 1.5 billion of the world's most impoverished people, including about 869 million children.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of $367,865 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of $4,044,642. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by a commitment from The END Fund Inc. until at least December 2025. Unrestricted reserves held at year-end were $644,642, which the trustees noted was in excess of their stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £645k)
“The Trustees instituted a policy to strive to maintain a reserve balance such that three months of unrestricted expenditure remains on hand at any given point in time to cover core non-grant operating costs.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Service agreement with US entity
“During the period under review, $717,288 (2023: $2,348,931) of grants, salaries, travel, and professional fees incurred by the Charity was paid for by The END Fund Inc. and refunded by the Charity. The balance due at year-end was $1,487,335 (2023: $712,353) and is included within creditors.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The END Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£3.8m
Cost of raising funds
£328k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Angola · Burundi · City Of London · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Rwanda · Tanzania · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.5m£3.8m
31/12/2023£3.9m£1.8m
31/12/2022£2.6m£1.7m
31/12/2021£2.6m£2.2m
31/12/2020£113k£602k

Common questions

Is THE END FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of $367,865 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of $4,044,642. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by a commitment from The END Fund Inc. until at least December 2025. Unrestricted reserves held at year-end were $644,642, which the trustees noted was in excess of their stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.

Who funds THE END FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE END FUND as a grant recipient include THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK), DELTA PHILANTHROPIES, MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION, THE SEQUOIA TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK)FY2022£17.9mChild Health and Development
DELTA PHILANTHROPIESFY2021£1.3mDisaster Relief
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.0m
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1.0mHealth
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATIONFY2022£790kAudacious Ideas
THE SEQUOIA TRUSTFY2023£775k
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATIONFY2021£760kAudacious Ideas
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATIONFY2023£708kMulti-year grant to eliminate specific worm infections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Rwanda.
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATIONFY2024£531kMulti-year grant to eliminate specific worm infections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Rwanda.
THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK)FY2024—Health & Nutrition

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE END FUND£3.5m—0above—no doubt
MALARIA CONSORTIUM FY2025£72.2m——above—no doubt
TRES CANTOS OPEN LAB FOUNDATION FY2024£952k—0unclear—no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2024£3.0m—0above—no doubt
UNLIMIT HEALTH FY2025£6.8m——above—no doubt
SAVING LIVES FY2025£401k—0unclear—no doubt

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