MIT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1158803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of learning and education in particular at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and such other exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion determine.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£7.3m
Latest spending
£7.3m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,656 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to £9,364 from £14,020 the previous year. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing continued financial support from the parent company, MIT International Inc. The charity's reserves policy is to retain modest reserves to meet day-to-day administrative costs while committing resources to expenditure grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain modest reserves to meet day to day administrative costs as they fall due (held: £9k)
“The Trustees have resolved to commit as much of the charity’s resources as possible to expenditure grants, whilst retaining modest reserves to meet day to day administrative costs as they fall due.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SKS Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£7.3m
Total spending
£7.3m
Reserves (reported)
£9k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£7.3m£7.3m
30/06/2024£406k£398k
30/06/2023£5.4m£5.4m
30/06/2022£1.3m£1.3m
30/06/2021£1.7m£1.8m

Common questions

Is MIT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,656 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to £9,364 from £14,020 the previous year. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing continued financial support from the parent company, MIT International Inc. The charity's reserves policy is to retain modest reserves to meet day-to-day administrative costs while committing resources to expenditure grants. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SKS Audit LLP.

Who funds MIT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MIT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED as a grant recipient include Founders Pledge Ltd, MOYNITRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Founders Pledge LtdFY2024£5.1m
Founders Pledge LtdFY2023£1.9m
MOYNITRUSTFY2022£3k

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 PACKARD FOUNDATION1£720k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIT FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED£7.3m—0unclear—no doubt
HA MEEM FOUNDATION FY2025£496k—0below—no doubt
HARVARD GLOBAL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£4.0m—0unclear—no doubt
M AND M FOUNDATION FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MITIE FOUNDATION FY2025£417k—0unclear—no doubt
A MILLION REALITIES 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.