THE EQ FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The EQ Foundation usually makes grants to ambitious smaller charities that can demonstrate their effectiveness. It also develop services for the philanthropic community, including GivingisGreat.org - a database of every UK registered charity and Give-More.org - a donations platform featuring professionally vetted charities.

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

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£817k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,545,138, which the Trustees note is slightly in excess of their stated policy target of three to nine months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £204,358 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment income, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to nine months of expenditure (held: £4.5m)

“The Charity currently seeks to hold around reserves at around three to nine months of expenditure and the year end position is slightly in excess of that.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustee

“Donations of £660,144 (2024: £723,810) were received from J D Spiers, a Trustee.” — page 25

“A wages recharge of £53,182 (2024: £47,499) has been made from EQ Investors Limited, a company in which John Spiers, Mark Kenner and Mike Neumann were directors during the year.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Wages recharge from related company

“Donations of £660,144 (2024: £723,810) were received from J D Spiers, a Trustee.” — page 25

“A wages recharge of £53,182 (2024: £47,499) has been made from EQ Investors Limited, a company in which John Spiers, Mark Kenner and Mike Neumann were directors during the year.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The EQ Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£817k

Reserves (reported)

£945k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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

Ian Barlowchair
Ben Faulkner
JOHN SPIERS · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Hassan-Blake
Mike Neumann
Rebecca Sarson
Zoe Brett

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£1.0m	£817k
30/04/2024	£964k	£822k
30/04/2023	£966k	£904k
30/04/2022	£1.1m	£791k
30/04/2021	£3.7m	£720k

Common questions

Is THE EQ FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,545,138, which the Trustees note is slightly in excess of their stated policy target of three to nine months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £204,358 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment income, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds THE EQ FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE EQ FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK	FY2021	£24k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Ethos Foundation	1	£5k
MUSLIM WELFARE BOARD	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION income £151k
THE EQUILIBRIUM CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
EURO QUALITY FOUNDATION income £453k
THE EQUITIX FOUNDATION income £207k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION income £173k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation income £490k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EQ FOUNDATION	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION FY2025	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EQUILIBRIUM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£192k	—	above	—	no doubt
EURO QUALITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£453k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EQUITIX FOUNDATION FY2024	£207k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION FY2025	£173k	—	above	—	no doubt

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