CHANGE PLEASE FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1177958 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC054107 (OSCR)
Change Please Foundation's mission is to support people experiencing homelessness back into employment. To support this mission, we run a training academy, train and employ people experiencing homelessness as Baristas, provide them with additional support and then into onward employment.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased to £1.55m from £2.81m in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £560,452. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £214,849 are sufficient to cover approximately 3.16 months of essential operating costs, which is in line with the stated policy target of three months. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Change Please (matched by registered charity number).
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£124k
Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (47% 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: 8.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- CEMAL EZELchair
- Alison Egan
- Glenn Earlam
- Justin Irwin
- Nimesh Shah
- Robert Gillion
- Simon Dow
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHANGE PLEASE FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £1.55m from £2.81m in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £560,452. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £214,849 are sufficient to cover approximately 3.16 months of essential operating costs, which is in line with the stated policy target of three months. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.
Who funds CHANGE PLEASE FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CHANGE PLEASE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST, THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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