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GRADUATE FASHION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1173132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Establish newly graduated and current undergraduate fashion students, by organising and running events,to provide employment opportunities and experience, related to working in thefashion industries, inclusive of the annual Graduate Fashion Week event.The advancement of education for the public benefit of persons who are, or will be employed in the fashion/fashion related industries.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £332,638 for the period, with total income rising to £1,345,733 from £867,832 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £348,072, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £120,000 required to cover twelve months of management and administration costs. The trustees confirmed that sufficient sponsorship and donation income was secured to support ongoing activities and future events.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 33.7% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Raising donations and legacies Fundraising costs 102,160”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twelve months management and administration expenditure (held: £348k)
“To this end, the charity aims to accumulate reserves equal to twelve months management and administration expenditure. Running costs for the charity are approximately £10,000 per month, therefore our reserves target is £120,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£102k
Reserves (reported)
£348k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.3m£1.0m
31/10/2024£918k£914k
31/10/2023£955k£661k
31/10/2022£658k£760k
31/10/2021£502k£469k

Common questions

Is GRADUATE FASHION FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £332,638 for the period, with total income rising to £1,345,733 from £867,832 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £348,072, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £120,000 required to cover twelve months of management and administration costs. The trustees confirmed that sufficient sponsorship and donation income was secured to support ongoing activities and future events. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

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
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£10k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE HANDS DESIGN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRADUATE FASHION FOUNDATION£1.3m—0unclear33.7%no doubt
LITTLE HANDS DESIGN FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance FY2025£587k—0above—no doubt
THE FASHION & TEXTILE CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2025£402k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£941k—0above—no doubt
BODENS COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£611k—0unclear—no doubt

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