UK GIVES LTD

Registered charity 1161366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, encourage, and facilitate charitable giving and philanthropy in the United Kingdom.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £122,420 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £221,486. The trustees confirm that these reserves are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due and that the charity has no salaried employees. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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: distribute funds in furtherance of its charitable objectives; maintain bank balance to meet expenses as they fall due (held: £221k)
“The current policy of the charity is to distribute funds in furtherance of its charitable objectives. A bank balance is maintained to meet expenses as they fall due.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to IsraelGives Foundation
“During the year the charity paid a grant of £554,999 (2024: £759,654) to the IsraelGives Foundation, a registered charity in Israel of which Mr Bonder is a common trustee.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Landau Morley LLP. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£24k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.5m£1.6m
31/07/2024£2.3m£2.1m
31/07/2023£473k£461k
31/07/2022£482k£467k
31/07/2021£584k£575k

Common questions

Is UK GIVES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £122,420 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £221,486. The trustees confirm that these reserves are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due and that the charity has no salaried employees. The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Landau Morley LLP.

Who funds UK GIVES LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UK GIVES LTD as a grant recipient include B K CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION, The Marks Family Charitable Trust, THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION1£500k
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION1£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UK FUND FOR CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UK GIVES LTD£1.5m—0above—no doubt
UK FUND FOR CHARITIES FY2025£4.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£159k—0below—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£372k—0unclear—no doubt
PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE GIVING FY2025£650k—0unclear—no doubt

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