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THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1175061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is primarily funded from contributions from Partners of Permira, the Charity does not currently seek donations from the general public.The Charity's objectives are: Advance education of young people; Prevent and relieve poverty; Advance and preserve good health, and prevent and relieve sickness; Promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of EUR 441,200 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of EUR 338,652. This reserve level is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately EUR 281,000, which is equivalent to three months of expected operational expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months, supported by confirmed funding from its principal source.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Permira Investment Advisers Limited (100% of income)
“The Charity is funded by an annual contribution from Permira Investment Advisers Limited (PIAL). The Permira Partnership is the Charity’s principal funding source, and the Charity does not seek donations from the public. Total income for the year was EUR 5,250,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of expected operational expenditure, subject to a minimum monetary floor of EUR 250,000 (held: £339k)
“The reserves policy is to maintain unrestricted free reserves equivalent to approximately three months of expected operational expenditure, subject to a minimum monetary floor of EUR 250,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Alex Vander Linde, a trustee, was also a trustee of Minds Matter Bay Area, which received a grant of €100,000 and a donation of €13,247 during the year.
“As at 31 December 2025, Alex Vander Linde was a trustee of the Charity and a trustee of Minds Matter Bay Area, a charity which received a grant of €100,000 (2024: €219,312) and a donation of €13,247 (2024: €16,954) during the year.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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Corporate structure

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

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£5.0m
Reserves (reported)
£296k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · Germany · Guernsey · Hong Kong · Italy · Luxembourg · Singapore · South Korea · Spain · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£4.6m£5.0m
31/12/2024£4.1m£3.9m
31/12/2023£4.3m£4.8m
31/12/2022£7.0m£6.4m
31/12/2021£3.3m£2.8m

Common questions

Is THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of EUR 441,200 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of EUR 338,652. This reserve level is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately EUR 281,000, which is equivalent to three months of expected operational expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months, supported by confirmed funding from its principal source. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent 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
PARMITER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£889k
THE PA FOUNDATION1£57k
THE OGDEN TRUST1£750

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION£4.6m——above—no doubt
THE PWC FOUNDATION FY2025£947k—0above—no doubt
THE PERSIMMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024£431k—0unclear—no doubt
PARMITER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION FY2024£836k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JAMEEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION UK FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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