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5RIGHTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1178581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC049882 (OSCR)

The objects of the charity are to support children and young people in relation to their digital and technological activities and enable them to participate in a digital-first society as enabled and responsible individuals through education for the public benefit in digital and technological literacy, skills and competencies, including by carrying out research and publishing the useful results

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,806,824 from £2,033,265 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure increased to £1,646,821. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,439,296, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining a minimum six months of operating costs estimated at £985,294. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum six months of operating costs (held: £1.4m)
“approved the reserves policy to retain a minimum six months of operating costs (excluding funds already allocated for funded commitments and designated funds for ongoing work) until at least the end of the current financial year. The operational costs for six months in the year 2025/26 are estimated to be £985,294.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 5Rights Foundation EU ASBL
“On 02 September 2024, SRights Foundation EU ASBL was incorporated in Brussels, Belgium. It is considered a related party to the company due to common control and influence through individuals involved in the governance of both entities. No transactions occurred between 5Rights Foundation and 5Rights Foundation EU during the reporting period, and no balances were outstanding at the year end.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£75k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 4.1% 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: Belgium · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.6m
31/03/2024£2.0m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.8m£1.0m

Common questions

Is 5RIGHTS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,806,824 from £2,033,265 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure increased to £1,646,821. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,439,296, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining a minimum six months of operating costs estimated at £985,294. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds 5RIGHTS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 5RIGHTS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE INDIGO TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE INDIGO TRUSTFY2024£300k3 year grant, unrestricted funding towards 5Rights Foundation.

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 PA FOUNDATION2£157k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£903k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST1£60k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION1£56k
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION1£53k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION1£30k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£20k
MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITED1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
5RIGHTS FOUNDATION£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024£956k—0above—no doubt
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION FY2024£233.3m£520,001 - £530,00067unclear—no doubt
CHARITY RIGHT FY2024£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE POINT FOUNDATION FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
CODEBRAVE FOUNDATION FY2025£343k—0unclear—no doubt

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