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BIG WIN PHILANTHROPY

Registered charity 1162036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Big Win Philanthropy is an independent foundation that invests in children and young people in developing countries to improve their lives and to maximize demographic dividends for long term economic growth. Big Win Philanthropy partners with leaders who have a stake in the outcome to achieve transformational change.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:- PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY; - RELIEVE SUFFERING, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS; - ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND- PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.7m
Latest spending
£8.2m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of $74,589,094 and an expendable endowment of $406,392,551, resulting in total net assets of $480,981,645. The trustees confirm that the charity does not face any material threat to its status as a going concern, supported by its significant expendable endowment and incoming grant payments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Management services provided by Big Win Philanthropy, Inc.
“Management services covering activities of the COO valued at $108,642 (2023: $99,503) were provided by Big Win Philanthropy, Inc., a Delaware not-for-profit corporation. This is accounted for as Income in Kind.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 3 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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£6.7m
Total spending
£8.2m
Cost of raising funds
£940k
Reserves (reported)
£59.6m
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~87.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 14.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Botswana · Burkina Faso · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Ghana · Ivory Coast · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mozambique

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£6.7m£8.2m
31/12/2023£7.2m£5.8m
31/12/2022£636k£14.1m
31/12/2021£293.5m£2.2m
31/12/2020£120k£1.9m

Common questions

Is BIG WIN PHILANTHROPY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of $74,589,094 and an expendable endowment of $406,392,551, resulting in total net assets of $480,981,645. The trustees confirm that the charity does not face any material threat to its status as a going concern, supported by its significant expendable endowment and incoming grant payments. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

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 BLAGRAVE TRUST2£232k
THE CH FOUNDATION (UK)1£4.0m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.5m
AKO FOUNDATION1£1.1m
King Charles III Charitable Fund1£640k
AEONIAN FOUNDATION1£205k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£168k
LUCILLE FOUNDATION1£155k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BIG WIN PHILANTHROPY£6.7m——unclear—no doubt
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
BIGKID FOUNDATION FY2025£583k—0unclear—no doubt
Big Life Services FY2025£11.7m——below—no doubt
THE BIG GIVE TRUST FY2025£13.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE BILLINGTON FOUNDATION FY2025£195k—0within—no doubt

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