GENERATING GENIUS

Registered charity 1154828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Generating Genius is a programme that is uniquely tailored to the academic needs of Secondary school students. Our programmes will specifically tackle acdemic ssues within STEM, to boost grades.Our tutoring, Saturday master classes and Industry STEM days have taken our students to the top Universities to study STEM subjects.

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Latest income

£732k

Latest spending

£498k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £235k, increasing its total reserves to £391k. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of retaining at least three months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves of £290k exceed this target. Cash balances remain healthy at £397k, with the charity paying creditors promptly.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £290k)

“retain general (unrestricted) reserves equivalent to at least three months operating costs”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income

£732k

Total spending

£498k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£391k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Cleveland Sewell
Marcus Nelson
Noel Langley

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£732k	£498k
31/12/2024	£494k	£675k
31/12/2023	£608k	£682k
31/12/2022	£594k	£562k
31/12/2021	£732k	£537k

Common questions

Is GENERATING GENIUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £235k, increasing its total reserves to £391k. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of retaining at least three months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves of £290k exceed this target. Cash balances remain healthy at £397k, with the charity paying creditors promptly. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GENERATING GENIUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GENERATING GENIUS as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION, THE SYNCONA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATION	FY2024	£180k	Education
AKO FOUNDATION	FY2022	£100k	STEM careers for disadvantaged students
THE SYNCONA FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k