THE END FUND

Registered charity 1122574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAPITAL FOR GOOD · filing overdue (register status)

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..

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: AFRICA, EROPE, ASIA, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

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 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

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

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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 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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Corporate structure

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

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.

Official officers record.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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
31/12/2025——
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

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 FOUNDATIONFY2022£1.0mHealth
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2021£1.0mHealth
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.0m
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 VIRGIN FOUNDATIONFY2025£266kEliminate worm infections
THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK)FY2025amount not statedThe 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)FY2024amount not statedHealth & 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
THE ERM FOUNDATION FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
PENTAID FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt

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