FARA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1139349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£12.5m
Latest spending
£12.8m
Registered
2010
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FY2022

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves improved to £11.12m in 2022, with general reserves of £1.72m held within the target range of eight months' net grant funding. The charity relies heavily on its trading subsidiary for income, which generated a surplus of £2.8m to covenant to the parent charity, while investment losses of £575k impacted the year's performance.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eight months of net grant funding (held: £1.7m)
This policy requires FARA to hold general reserves of approximately eight months of net grant funding for the programmes in Romania at any time within the year.
Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rothmans Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£12.5m
Total spending
£12.8m
Cost of raising funds
£10.5m
Reserves (reported)
£11.6m
Employees
282

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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Operates in: Romania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£12.5m£12.8m
31/12/2023£12.7m£12.2m
31/12/2022£12.1m£11.0m
31/12/2021£9.6m£9.9m
31/12/2020£7.6m£7.5m

Common questions

Is FARA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves improved to £11.12m in 2022, with general reserves of £1.72m held within the target range of eight months' net grant funding. The charity relies heavily on its trading subsidiary for income, which generated a surplus of £2.8m to covenant to the parent charity, while investment losses of £575k impacted the year's performance. Its FY2022 accounts were audited by Rothmans Audit LLP.

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