FINANCE INNOVATION LAB

Registered charity 1165269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FILAB; THE LAB

THE FINANCE INNOVATION LAB WORKS FOR A FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT SERVES PEOPLE AND PLANET - ONE THAT IS DEMOCRATIC, RESPONSIBLE AND FAIR. WE DO THIS BY FINDING, CONNECTING AND BUILDING THE IMPACT OF INNOVATORS, CAMPAIGNERS AND INTRAPRENEURS (PROFESSIONALS SEEKING TO TRANSFORM THEIR ORGANISATIONS).

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY:1. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE UK AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR, AREAS OF CHANGE AND INNOVATION WITHIN THOSE SYSTEMS, EMERGENT TRENDS, NEW FINANCIAL BUSINESS MODELS AND IMPACTS OF INVESTMENTS ON SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; AND PUBLISHING OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND PROVIDING A FORUM FOR ITS DISCUSSION;2. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY:(A) PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; AND(B) PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND REGENERATION.IN THIS CONTEXT, "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.3. RELIEVING POVERTY AND IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit for the year, with unrestricted reserves falling to £221,541. The trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate, noting it represents 3.8 months of salary costs against a policy target of at least three months. The organization is continuing operations with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandria Holly Reid
• Alice Merry
• Caolan James Ward
• David Bartram
• Deborah Jane Ball
• Erinch Sahan
• Frances Louise Eldridge
• Nuria Molina Gallart
• Simon Starling
• Thobeka Petunia Ngcobo
• Thomas Railton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• THE YOUNG FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK income £993k
• THE CHARITY FINANCE GROUP income £2.0m
• CENTER ON LONG-TERM RISK income £1.5m
• FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY income £278k
• FFCC LIMITED income £695k

Side by side with its peers

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