BIG WIN PHILANTHROPY

Registered charity 1162036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£6.7m
Latest spending
£8.2m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity holds unrestricted reserves of $139,015,632 against a stated policy target of covering six months of operating costs. The Trustees confirm that the Charity does not face any material threat to its status as a going concern, supported by a significant expendable endowment of $308,816,953 and incoming grant payments from CIFF UK.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Management services
Management services covering activities of the COO valued at $99,503 (2022: $83,297) were provided by Big Win Philanthropy, Inc., a Delaware not-for-profit corporation. This is accounted for as Income in Kind.
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

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).

Trustees

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?

The accounts state that the Charity holds unrestricted reserves of $139,015,632 against a stated policy target of covering six months of operating costs. The Trustees confirm that the Charity does not face any material threat to its status as a going concern, supported by a significant expendable endowment of $308,816,953 and incoming grant payments from CIFF UK. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

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