INTERNATIONAL EGG FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1157778 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IEF

The IEF champions the egg, specialising in our core area of expertise ? egg production. Through our work we want to showcase what can be achieved through the power of the egg. We want to work with other major organisations and foundations, adding value to existing and proposed projects, to increase the availability and intake of high quality protein in developing regions.

Objects

TO RELIEVE HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION AND IMPROVE THE FUNCTION OF THE NATURAL HUMAN IMMUNITY SYSTEM OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMMES AND RESEARCH WHICH PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE PRODUCTION OF EGGS AND OTHER ECONOMICAL FORMS OF PROTEIN AND IN SO DOING TO INCREASE THE CONSUMPTION OF EGGS CONSUMED IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY MAKING EGGS AND OTHER ECONOMICAL FORMS OF PROTEIN MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE MALNOURISHED AND UNDERFED; ANDTO FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE BENEFITS OF HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN IN THE DIET AND TO EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE WITH INSTITUTES AND CORPORATE ENTITIES TO THIS END.

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

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

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£275k
Latest spending
£284k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £42,358 at year-end, which is higher than the trustees' stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (£15,820). The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,659 for the period, reducing its reserves from the previous year's £52,017.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (reserves figure: £42k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds in the UK at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — International Egg Foundation (IEF) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Eswatini · Mozambique · South Africa · Uganda · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£275k£284k
31/12/2024£356k£378k
31/12/2023£372k£380k
31/12/2022£253k£246k
31/12/2021£240k£219k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL EGG FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £42,358 at year-end, which is higher than the trustees' stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (£15,820). The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,659 for the period, reducing its reserves from the previous year's £52,017. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL EGG FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL EGG FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include CITY CHURCH BRISTOL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CITY CHURCH BRISTOLFY2022amount not statedGrants for UK and overseas mission

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EG FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL EGG FOUNDATION£275k—0unclear—no doubt
EG FOUNDATION FY2025£371k——unclear—no doubt
EGG, ENGAGE GROW GO FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EY FOUNDATION FY2025£5.5m——above—no doubt
FOOD FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE EQ FOUNDATION FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt

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