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RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1129409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to further the advancement of education of adults and children, particularly in the field of Computers, Computer Science and related subjects

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Latest income
£233.3m
Latest spending
£120.1m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £12.3m in unrestricted reserves, a decrease from £22.3m in the prior year, following the establishment of a £140.3m expendable endowment trust funded by IPO proceeds. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, citing the endowment and its significant investment in Raspberry Pi Holdings plc as support for planned activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £520,001 - £530,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £180k)
“In the band £520,001 - £530,000 0”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 67
“The number of higher paid employees was (including subsidiaries) 67 in 2024” — page 53
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: unclear (held: £12.3m)
“The Trust makes an annual transfer to the Foundation to deliver its charitable aims as detailed in the reserves policy.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Raspberry Pi Holdings plc sold goods to the charity
“Raspberry Pi Holdings plc has sold goods totalling £21,557 through its subsidiary, Raspberry Pi Limited, to the charity.”
“Post-listing pension contributions and life assurance costs for the charity, totalling £627,156 were recharged” — page 69
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged pension and life assurance costs
“Raspberry Pi Holdings plc has sold goods totalling £21,557 through its subsidiary, Raspberry Pi Limited, to the charity.”
“Post-listing pension contributions and life assurance costs for the charity, totalling £627,156 were recharged” — page 69
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expense reimbursements
“Raspberry Pi Holdings plc has sold goods totalling £21,557 through its subsidiary, Raspberry Pi Limited, to the charity.”
“Post-listing pension contributions and life assurance costs for the charity, totalling £627,156 were recharged” — page 69
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Raspberry Pi Limited
“The former trading subsidiary, Raspberry Pi Limited, has been consolidated up to the date the group ownership fell below 50%”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Raspberry Pi Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Raspberry Pi Foundation scores 2.7/5 from 19 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (7,790 likes) · instagram (18K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

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

Total income
£114.5m
Total spending
£120.1m
Reserves (reported)
£11.7m
Employees
232

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Ireland · Kenya · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£233.3m£120.1m
31/12/2023£221.0m£207.4m
31/12/2022£157.3m£151.1m
31/12/2021£112.7m£101.8m
31/12/2020£95.8m£88.7m

Common questions

Is RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £12.3m in unrestricted reserves, a decrease from £22.3m in the prior year, following the establishment of a £140.3m expendable endowment trust funded by IPO proceeds. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, citing the endowment and its significant investment in Raspberry Pi Holdings plc as support for planned activities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £520,001 - £530,000 band, and 67 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PA FOUNDATION, MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£458k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£428k
THE PA FOUNDATIONFY2025£100k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£17k
MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2021£15k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East29/06/2016£24kTowards Teacher training and volunteer recruitment project
Community Foundation North East29/06/2016£19kTowards School Engagement Project

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
DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM)1£23.2m
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
THE INDIGO TRUST1£300k
THE PATRICIA AND DONALD SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
PATRICIA, DONALD, CHRISTINE & PATRICK SHEPHERD FOUNDATION1£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUST1£4k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 5RIGHTS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION£233.3m£520,001 - £530,00067unclear—no doubt
5RIGHTS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
RICHARD SHEPHARD MUSIC FOUNDATION FY2025£671k—0within—no doubt
THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE FY2024£21.1m—0above—no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024£956k—0above—no doubt
THE WREXHAM (PAROCHIAL) EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£428k—0above—no doubt

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