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.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE FOUNDATION IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLISH AND WALES.

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 · 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

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

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

Accounts audited by MHA. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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

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Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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