GIVE IT FORWARD TODAY

Registered charity 1153393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GIFT

GIFT CHARITABLE TRUST IS A NON-PROFIT MAKING AND RECOGNISED CHARITY.THE CHARITY AIMS TO EDUCATE, PROMOTE AND INSPIRE GOODNESS AND TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE IN NEED IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:- ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE,- ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND- RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £38,280 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a decline in donation income. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £539,720, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of maintaining 2-3 months of annual costs. 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: 2-3 months of the annual cost base (held: £540k)
“Our revised policy is to maintain 2-3 months of the annual cost base as free reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Jewish Futures Trust (JFT) recharged GIFT £295,573 for back office functions.
“JFT has recharged GIFT £295,573 in the year (£271,197 in 2024).” — page 28
“During the course of the year the Charity received donations from JFT of £150,086 (2024 £113,500)” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: GIFT received donations from JFT of £150,086.
“JFT has recharged GIFT £295,573 in the year (£271,197 in 2024).” — page 28
“During the course of the year the Charity received donations from JFT of £150,086 (2024 £113,500)” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: GIFT received donations from trustees of £60,000.
“JFT has recharged GIFT £295,573 in the year (£271,197 in 2024).” — page 28
“During the course of the year the Charity received donations from JFT of £150,086 (2024 £113,500)” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 8,000
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 8,000
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 8,000
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

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

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.2m
Cost of raising funds
£259k
Reserves (reported)
£540k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.2m£3.2m
31/12/2024£3.9m£3.9m
31/12/2023£2.6m£3.4m
31/12/2022£2.5m£2.3m
31/12/2021£2.0m£1.7m

Common questions

Is GIVE IT FORWARD TODAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £38,280 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a decline in donation income. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £539,720, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of maintaining 2-3 months of annual costs. 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 Goldwins Limited.

Who funds GIVE IT FORWARD TODAY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GIVE IT FORWARD TODAY as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITED, THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION.

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)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2025£332k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£287k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2021£283k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£264k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2024£240k
JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£150k
JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£135kDonations
JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£91kDonations
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£25k
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£10k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£2kfunding towards educational work for youngsters and with hands on sessions
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2025£2kfunding towards educational work for Year 7 Giving Curicula
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2025£10kCuppa Kindness
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kCOVID-19 Poverty Relief
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2014£6kOne - off Food Drive to collect and distribute food packages to those

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN TODAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GIVE IT FORWARD TODAY£3.2m——unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN TODAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£278k—0unclear—noted
PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025£3.1m£110,000 - £119,9999above—no doubt
GIVE FOR GOOD FY2025£81k—0unclear—noted
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£372k—0unclear—no doubt

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