THE END FUND
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.
Objects
3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH;3.2 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;3.3 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT, MAN-MADE OR NATURAL DISASTERS;3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS);3.5 THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT;3.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OR PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT..
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.
What the accounts disclose
“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
“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.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022
- Grant-making is its main activity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 06350698
Company officers (Companies House)
- FYNN-NYAME, Faustina Akosua Akyaa on trustee list
- BIRHANE, Kesetebirhan Admasu on trustee list
- CALDER, Robyn Beverley on trustee list
- LAWANI, Temitope Olugbeminiyi on trustee list
- MASIYIWA, Tsitsi on trustee list
- MCCORMICK, Alan James on trustee list
- DEHGHANFARD, Elaheh
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Trustees
- Tsitsi Masiyiwachair
- ALAN MCCORMICK
- Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu Birhane
- Faustina Akosua Akyaa Fynn-Nyame
- ROBYN CALDER
- Temitope Lawani
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | — | — |
| 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 |
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
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK) | FY2022 | £17.9m | Child Health and Development |
| DELTA PHILANTHROPIES | FY2021 | £1.3m | Disaster Relief |
| MOONDANCE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £1.0m | Health |
| MOONDANCE FOUNDATION | FY2021 | £1.0m | Health |
| MOONDANCE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £1.0m | |
| THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £790k | Audacious Ideas |
| THE SEQUOIA TRUST | FY2023 | £775k | |
| THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION | FY2021 | £760k | Audacious Ideas |
| THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £708k | Multi-year grant to eliminate specific worm infections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. |
| THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £531k | Multi-year grant to eliminate specific worm infections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. |
| THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £266k | Eliminate worm infections |
| THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK) | FY2025 | amount not stated | The document states amounts are in US$000. This entry is from the 'Other Grantees' table in Note 5. The amount is 2,777 (US$000). Converted to GBP using the yea |
| THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK) | FY2024 | amount not stated | Health & Nutrition |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE END FUND | £3.5m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE ERM FOUNDATION | £157k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PENTAID | £64k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |