GIVEDIRECTLY UK

Registered charity 1167938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust aims to relieve poverty by providing financial assistance directly to the extreme poor and allowing them to choose where they invest.The Trust collects donations and make grants to direct financial assistance programs in Kenya and Uganda implemented on the ground by its partner GiveDirectly, Inc., a US non-profit organisation.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£4.3m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £98,501 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £947,975. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to cover statutory reporting costs and ongoing activities, noting there are no committed regular liabilities. The charity employs no staff and relies on a partnership with GiveDirectly Inc for grant distribution, resulting in low operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover the costs of meeting its statutory reporting requirements for one year (held: £948k)

“GiveDirectly UK will at all times hold in reserve sufficient funds to cover the costs of meeting its statutory reporting requirements for one year (and specifically, the cost of preparing and filing its annual audited financial statements).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GiveDirectly UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Santorini Dave — “Santorini Dave – For every stayed booking, $5 is donated to GiveDirectly” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£4.3m

Cost of raising funds

£62k

Reserves (reported)

£948k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOSHUA FREEDMANchair
PAUL NIEHAUS
Robin Linacre

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

Operates in: Kenya · Liberia · Malawi · Rwanda · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£4.4m	£4.3m
31/12/2024	£3.7m	£4.0m
31/12/2023	£3.7m	£3.4m
31/12/2022	£2.6m	£2.5m
31/12/2021	£3.0m	£2.7m

Common questions

Is GIVEDIRECTLY UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £98,501 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £947,975. The trustees consider these reserves adequate to cover statutory reporting costs and ongoing activities, noting there are no committed regular liabilities. The charity employs no staff and relies on a partnership with GiveDirectly Inc for grant distribution, resulting in low operational costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GIVEDIRECTLY UK as a grant recipient include THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2025	£3k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2.5m
AKO FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
AEONIAN FOUNDATION	1	£205k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£117k
THE ASTRA FOUNDATION	1	£79k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£60k
T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£51k
MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEEN TRUST INTERNATIONAL.

DEEN TRUST INTERNATIONAL income £512k
TALK DIRECT CHARITABLE TRUST income £160k
IMPACT GIVING UK TRUST income £2.5m
THE BIG GIVE TRUST income £13.3m
TS TRUST income £533k
SRI SATHYA SAI CHARITABLE TRUST UK income £239k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GIVEDIRECTLY UK	£4.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DEEN TRUST INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£512k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TALK DIRECT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IMPACT GIVING UK TRUST FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BIG GIVE TRUST FY2025	£13.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TS TRUST FY2024	£533k	—	0	below	—	noted

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