GREEN SHOOTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1138412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREEN SHOOTS, GREEN SHOOTS FOUNDATION LIMITED

Our Mission: "Help individuals and families in the poorest regions of the world by setting up microfinance, education and medical Greenfield operations one community at a time." Our Vision: "A world in which all people live in dignity and security and are able to provide for their families." Green Shoots' Countries of Operations: India, Cambodia, Burma (Myanmar), the Philippines.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF HIGH QUALITY MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND ASIA.

Area of benefit: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND ASIA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total income of GBP 66,605, a 42% decrease from the previous year, driven by funding disruptions and a volatile global environment. Despite charitable expenditure exceeding income, the charity maintained a positive cash balance of GBP 55,282, supported by unrestricted funds and restricted funds designated for specific projects. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2024 (received 06/05/2025, 36 days after the 31/03/2025 due date); year ending 31/05/2023 (received 18/06/2024, 79 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Carmela and Ronnie Pignatelli Foundation — “Supporters and Sponsors The Carmela and Ronnie Pignatelli Foundation” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ACHIM KRAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID RUIZ
• DEBORAH JANE HUTCHINSON
• Dr NATHALIE DANG
• Elisabeth Selk
• JEAN-MARC DEBRICON
• Olivier Pascal Gazay
• PROF JUERGEN ROCKSTROH
• Timothy James Gledstone

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

Operates in: Burma · Cambodia · India · Kyrgyzstan · Philippines · Vietnam

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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