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THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1171232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity will provide grants and other help (i.e. storage) to a range of charities and organisations to the direct benefit to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (such as refugees, ex-offenders and people with learning or physical disabilities) by helping these individuals to gain employment. this also provides benefit to the public by lessening the individuals dependence on benefits.

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

Latest income
£444k
Latest spending
£359k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £443,652, with charitable expenditure of £351,815, resulting in a net movement in funds of £85,005. The charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £338,992, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £210,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Reserves policy: £210,000 (held: £339k)
“The Big Yellow Foundation intends to pass on as much of the funds raised as possible and holds a reserve of £210,000. This reserve has been agreed by the Trustees and has been calculated as three quarters of £10,000 general grants for each of our seven charity partners.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Big Yellow Self Storage Company Limited
“The customer donations, Big Yellow matched donations and Big Yellow matched fundraising are all paid to the Foundation by .Big Yellow Self Storage Limited.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

.BIG YELLOW SELF STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £86.9m
  • Profit before tax: £53.2m
  • Intercompany loan balance of £683,688,000 owed to parent Big Yellow Group PLC.
ARMADILLO SELF STORAGE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £14.7m
  • Profit before tax: £5.2m
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £38k
  • Amounts owed by group undertakings: £5,776,000 (2025) / £4,516,000 (2024). Amounts due to group undertakings: £29,431,000 (2025) / £31,974,000 (2024).
“The Big Yellow Foundation 2025 (38) - Donations”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Big Yellow Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£444k£359k
31/03/2024£305k£269k
31/03/2023£244k£205k
31/03/2022£181k£205k
31/03/2021£238k£157k

Common questions

Is THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £443,652, with charitable expenditure of £351,815, resulting in a net movement in funds of £85,005. The charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £338,992, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £210,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2023£10k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2022£10k

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 MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.5m
THE NEIGHBOURLY FOUNDATION1£1.6m
AKO FOUNDATION1£1.1m
THE BAND TRUST1£520k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£275k
EVERY YOUTH1£219k
AEONIAN FOUNDATION1£205k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£191k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION£444k—0unclear—no doubt
BIG LEAF FOUNDATION FY2026£269k—0below—no doubt
THE BIG GIVE TRUST FY2025£13.3m——unclear—no doubt
Bernard Sunley Foundation FY2025£3.0m£100,001 - £110,0001unclear—no doubt
YELLOW SUBMARINE HOLIDAYS FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
THE BENJAMIN FOUNDATION FY2025£8.7m——unclear—no doubt

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