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EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1149828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CEA, CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM

Latest income
£12.1m
Latest spending
£37.5m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations, with financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £62,563, which is below the stated policy target of six months of operating costs, although net current assets were sufficient to cover twelve months of costs.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not less than 6 months of future operating costs in net current assets (held: £63k)
“EV UK has a policy of holding not less than 6 months of future operating costs in net current assets at all times.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“For this reason, the financial statements are prepared on a basis other than a going concern.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£12.1m
Total spending
£37.5m
Reserves (reported)
£63k
Employees
68

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£12.1m£37.5m
30/06/2024£31.7m£35.3m
30/06/2023£62.0m£58.3m
30/06/2022£140.6m£79.2m
30/06/2021£18.6m£14.1m

Common questions

Is EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity is winding down its operations, with financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £62,563, which is below the stated policy target of six months of operating costs, although net current assets were sufficient to cover twelve months of costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include FOUR DAUGHTERS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
FOUR DAUGHTERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50k

Funders of similar charities

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Founders Pledge Ltd1£6.5m
AKO FOUNDATION1£2.6m
The Barratt Redrow Foundation1£200k
CHK Foundation1£10k

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