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START UPRIGHT

Registered charity 1130608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lecture courseLife skills trainingEducational and welfare grants to individuals and organisations

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.5m
Latest spending
£5.5m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £5,549,990 from £2,600,194 in the previous year, with total expenditure rising to £5,506,927. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £43,063, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £60,037. The trustees consider the ideal level of reserves to be 12 months of administrative costs, which exceeds the current actual reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of administrative costs (held: £60k)
“The trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves as at 31 March 2026 would be 12 months of administrative costs.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£5.5m
Total spending
£5.5m
Reserves (reported)
£25k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£5.5m£5.5m
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.6m
31/03/2024£3.4m£3.5m
31/03/2023£4.9m£5.2m
31/03/2022£4.0m£3.7m

Common questions

Is START UPRIGHT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £5,549,990 from £2,600,194 in the previous year, with total expenditure rising to £5,506,927. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £43,063, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £60,037. The trustees consider the ideal level of reserves to be 12 months of administrative costs, which exceeds the current actual reserves. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds START UPRIGHT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name START UPRIGHT as a grant recipient include THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUST, ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, PARKWILL LIMITED, UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD, GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£209k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£166k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2023£153k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2024£132k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2022£110kGrants to other grant making charities
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£109kGrant to institution
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£99k
TCHABE KOLLEL LIMITEDFY2022£92k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2021£86k
T & S TRUST FUNDFY2024£86k
THE WINEBURG FOUNDATIONFY2023£82k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£81k
CMZ LTDFY2023£80k
LATATE LIMITEDFY2023£74k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2022£65k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£64k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2025£61k
LATATE LIMITEDFY2024£50k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2024£50k
SF FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
COMET CHARITIES LTDFY2025£48k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£45k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£43kGrants to institutions
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2023£41k
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2025£41kRelief of poverty
ROWANVILLE LIMITEDFY2022£40k
NASOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£36k
JAY EDUCATION TRUSTFY2022£34k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£31kReligious Organisations
CONGREGATION SHAREI SHOLOM TCHABE LIMITEDFY2022£31k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2022£31k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£31k
BOROUGHLEA LIMITEDFY2025£30kAdvancement of religion
C S KAUFMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£30k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£30k
C S KAUFMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
TESLAKE LIMITEDFY2023£30k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£30k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2022£29k
HARBO CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£28k
JOEL MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2022£26kJewish education, financial assistance to the poor and general charitable purposes
RICHMOND TRUST FUNDFY2024£26k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2023£25k
ZOREYA TZEDOKOSFY2025£25k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2021£23k
STERVON LTDFY2022£23krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2025£20k
O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
HARBO CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2022£20k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITEDFY2022£19k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£10kCreatively Cutting Costs

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
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£246k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£150k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£138k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£40k
SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION1£37k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST1£20k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£12k
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
START UPRIGHT£5.5m——unclear—no doubt
CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD FY2025£772k——above—no doubt
National Centre For Universities and Business FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
U3A IN LONDON FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH OPTIONS FY2025£3.8m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FY2025£275k—0below—no doubt

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