EPIC FOUNDATION UK LIMITED

Registered charity 1163753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It is primarily focused on the making of grants to social and charitable organisations that promote the charitable aims of Epic Foundation UK.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE GLOBALLY BY MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS GLOBALLY FOCUSED ON THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE AND THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in funds of £208,369 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,162,402. The trustees consider the charity to be resilient with a healthy financial position and continuing donations, confirming no material uncertainties 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

Largest income source: none
“The trustees were delighted to receive donations and legacies of £1,097,773 from the United Kingdom, £515,402 from Europe, £678,980 from rest of the world, which made the total received of £2,292,154 for the year ended 31st December 2025” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to cover administrative costs (reserves figure: £1.2m)
“The charity has power to set aside income as a reserve against future expenditure but only in accordance with a written policy about reserves to cover administrative costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Flintham Mackenzie Audit Limited. 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 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£194k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median 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: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.3m£2.1m
31/12/2024£2.0m£1.7m
31/12/2023£1.6m£1.6m
31/12/2022£1.8m£1.4m
31/12/2021£1.3m£1.1m

Common questions

Is EPIC FOUNDATION UK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in funds of £208,369 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,162,402. The trustees consider the charity to be resilient with a healthy financial position and continuing donations, confirming no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Flintham Mackenzie Audit Limited.

Who funds EPIC FOUNDATION UK LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EPIC FOUNDATION UK LIMITED as a grant recipient include The Ethos Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Ethos FoundationFY2022£5kMiscellaneous smaller grant.

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
NPT Transatlantic Limited1£32.3m
BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION1£2.0m
HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK1£24k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EPIC FOUNDATION UK LIMITED£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE EQ FOUNDATION FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited FY2025£225.4m—0unclear—no doubt
EG FOUNDATION FY2025£371k——unclear—no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION FY2025£12.4m—0below—no doubt

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