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BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1145224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCCT

Big Change is a social impact accelerator. We invest in big ideas that help young people thrive in live, not just exams.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £3,162,318. The trustees report that the charity holds over £1.2 million in excess of its stated reserves policy target of 12 months of working capital. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 12 months of working capital based on predicted known operating costs, and (b) the total amount allocated to current project partners through grant agreements (held: £3.2m)
“At 31 December 2025, the Trustees' reserves policy is that Big Change should retain in the form of either cash or contracted income, at all times, (a) at least 12 months of working capital based on predicted known operating costs, and (b) the total amount allocated to current project partners through grant agreements.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Big Change Trading Limited
“The charitable company owns the whole of the issued ordinary share capital of Big Change Trading Limited, a company registered in England (company number 07998643). The subsidiary is used for non-primary purpose trading activities.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£735k
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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: 32.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.2m£2.2m
31/12/2024£2.5m£2.6m
31/12/2023£2.9m£3.0m
31/12/2022£3.0m£2.3m
31/12/2021£2.2m£2.1m

Common questions

Is BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £3,162,318. The trustees report that the charity holds over £1.2 million in excess of its stated reserves policy target of 12 months of working capital. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

Who funds BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include LUCILLE FOUNDATION, LOB'S CHARITY, THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE MELANIE WHITE FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LUCILLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£150k
LOB'S CHARITYFY2022£95k
THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£75k
THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2023£50kInvesting in better youth policy
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2024£44kInvesting in better youth policy
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£30kInvesting in better youth policy
THE MELANIE WHITE FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£25k
THE GREENSLADE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
CHK FoundationFY2024£10k
THE MELANIE WHITE FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£7k
LUCILLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kRandom acts of kindness grant

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 BERKELEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.7m
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST1£844k
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION1£203k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£183k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£134k
FONTHILL FOUNDATION1£75k
THE MIRIANOG TRUST1£70k
BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION1£61k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION CHANGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST£2.2m——above—no doubt
ACTION CHANGE FY2024£163k—0unclear—no doubt
POWER TO CHANGE TRUST FY2024£3.0m——above0.0%no doubt
THE SEA CHANGE TRUST FY2024£413k—0within—no doubt
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
Big Life Services FY2025£11.7m——below—no doubt

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