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FAT FACE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1129392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Fatface Foundation gives grants to make a positive and enduring difference to the communities where FatFace design, source, manufacture and sell their products. The FatFace Foundation pride theiselves in enabling and engaging their chosen charity partners, suppliers, Crew and customers alike to get actively involved and make a real difference to the people around us and the planet we live on.

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Latest income
£647k
Latest spending
£674k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £565,494 to £544,428, resulting in total net assets of £546,952. The charity reports that it does not rely on funds being directly sourced from FatFace Limited, with the shop generating significant funds through product sales to execute its strategy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meet the liabilities of the charity as they fall due, including expenditure committed for or on behalf of our charity partners (held: £544k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain sufficient reserves to meet the liabilities of the charity as they fall due, including expenditure committed for or on behalf of our charity partners.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Remuneration paid to Nicky Amos; fees paid to John Davis's legal firm for trustee services.
“Remuneration for professional services is paid to Nicky Amos. Fees for legal advisory and trustee services provided by John Davis are paid directly to his legal firm.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee John Davies paid for legal/trustee services via his firm
“Governance costs have increase on the year due to fees for legal advisory and trustee services provided by John Davis which are paid directly to his legal firm.” — page 20
“Remuneration for professional services is paid to Nicky Amos.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Nicola Amos paid for professional services
“Governance costs have increase on the year due to fees for legal advisory and trustee services provided by John Davis which are paid directly to his legal firm.” — page 20
“Remuneration for professional services is paid to Nicky Amos.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£647k
Total spending
£674k
Cost of raising funds
£285k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 44.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Guernsey · India · Ireland · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£647k£674k
31/05/2024£717k£655k
31/05/2023£797k£629k
31/05/2022£649k£636k
31/05/2021£234k£379k

Common questions

Is FAT FACE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £565,494 to £544,428, resulting in total net assets of £546,952. The charity reports that it does not rely on funds being directly sourced from FatFace Limited, with the shop generating significant funds through product sales to execute its strategy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GRAFF FOUNDATION1£2.2m
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£60k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY1£5k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FACET FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAT FACE FOUNDATION£647k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FACET FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
FAT MACY'S FOUNDATION FY2024£237k—0below—no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CARD FACTORY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
THE FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FY2025£173k—0above—no doubt

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