THINK EQUAL

Registered charity 1174610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THINK EQUAL calls for a system change in Early Years Education to end the discriminatory mind set and cycle of violence across the 4 nations of the UK. We want to reach every child in every classroom across the UK's 4 nations with our programme and its tangible tools mediating all aspects of experiential social and emotional learning for wellbeing, psycho social support and social justice .

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Latest income

£426k

Latest spending

£429k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,408 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £294,005 to £290,597. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £177,956, which exceeds the stated policy target of £145,000 (six months of operating costs). The charity is wholly dependent on regular funding, a risk explicitly acknowledged by the trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (held: £178k)

“A Reserves Policy has been developed with a commitment to build up unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover six months of operating costs over the next financial year. This is estimated to be £145,000 for the upcoming year.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Leslee Udwin, the Founder and CEO was paid for consultancy work to the value of £12,000 (2024 - £Nil) during the year.

“Leslee Udwin, the Founder and CEO was paid for consultancy work to the value of £12,000 (2024 - £Nil) during the year. An outstanding balance of £Nil (2024 - £Nil) is within creditors.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Think Equal (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2024)

Total income

£573k

Total spending

£422k

Reserves (reported)

£160k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Leslee Udwinchair
Aparajita Ajit
David Salisbury · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Bier
Stephen Harvey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£426k	£429k
31/05/2024	£573k	£422k
31/05/2023	£408k	£453k
31/05/2022	£636k	£540k
31/05/2021	£524k	£512k

Common questions

Is THINK EQUAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,408 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £294,005 to £290,597. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £177,956, which exceeds the stated policy target of £145,000 (six months of operating costs). The charity is wholly dependent on regular funding, a risk explicitly acknowledged by the trustees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THINK EQUAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THINK EQUAL as a grant recipient include THE KPMG FOUNDATION, LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATION, GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION, Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KPMG FOUNDATION	FY2024	£75k	Social and emotional learning; fostering equity amongst 3 to 6 year olds
LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATION	FY2024	£70k
GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£57k
GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£33k
GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k
Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£21k	Social change within early years education

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
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£756k
THE SOUTH STREET GREEN ROOM FOUNDATION	1	£688k
DAVID FORBES-NIXON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£493k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£175k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£149k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£120k
CINVEN FOUNDATION	1	£108k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UTHINK PEOPLE DEVELOPING PEOPLE.

UTHINK PEOPLE DEVELOPING PEOPLE income £1.3m
THINK18 income £142k
GOOD THINKING income £354k
THE EQUALITY TRUST income £430k
RESOLVE NOW income £118k
THINKFORWARD (UK) income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THINK EQUAL	£426k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UTHINK PEOPLE DEVELOPING PEOPLE FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THINK18 FY2025	£142k	—	above	—	no doubt
GOOD THINKING FY2025	£354k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EQUALITY TRUST FY2025	£430k	—	above	—	no doubt
RESOLVE NOW FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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