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THE IMPACT FACILITY

Registered charity 1181077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Capacity development and technical assistance services to small and medium-sized enterprises in rural communities.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £163,289 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total group income rising to £1,889,977. However, the trustees' report notes that unrestricted reserves are currently in deficit, totaling £55,020, which is below the policy target of three months of budgeted resources. The trustees expressed confidence that continuing support and fundraising efforts would reduce this deficit and rebuild reserves by 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £55k; policy: three months of budgeted resource)
“The actual level of unrestricted reserves is less than our policy.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income from Fairphone
“This year, the charity has received charitable activities income of £154,069 (2023: £396,596) from Fairphone for a joint project. Fairphone is an organisation which has a common trustee with The Impact Facility.” — page 44
“The charity received income of £18,129 (2023: £74,620) from TDi Sustainability which is the trading name of a company under the control of a Trustee of The Impact Facility.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income from TDi Sustainability
“This year, the charity has received charitable activities income of £154,069 (2023: £396,596) from Fairphone for a joint project. Fairphone is an organisation which has a common trustee with The Impact Facility.” — page 44
“The charity received income of £18,129 (2023: £74,620) from TDi Sustainability which is the trading name of a company under the control of a Trustee of The Impact Facility.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure to TDi Sustainability
“This year, the charity has received charitable activities income of £154,069 (2023: £396,596) from Fairphone for a joint project. Fairphone is an organisation which has a common trustee with The Impact Facility.” — page 44
“The charity received income of £18,129 (2023: £74,620) from TDi Sustainability which is the trading name of a company under the control of a Trustee of The Impact Facility.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income from Solidaridad Nederland
“This year, the charity has received charitable activities income of £154,069 (2023: £396,596) from Fairphone for a joint project. Fairphone is an organisation which has a common trustee with The Impact Facility.” — page 44
“The charity received income of £18,129 (2023: £74,620) from TDi Sustainability which is the trading name of a company under the control of a Trustee of The Impact Facility.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed to subsidiary Impact Capital Ltd
“This year, the charity has received charitable activities income of £154,069 (2023: £396,596) from Fairphone for a joint project. Fairphone is an organisation which has a common trustee with The Impact Facility.” — page 44
“The charity received income of £18,129 (2023: £74,620) from TDi Sustainability which is the trading name of a company under the control of a Trustee of The Impact Facility.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Impact Capital Ltd
“The Impact Facility has established a fully owned trading subsidiary, Impact Capital (ICL), registered as a company limited by shares in the UK.” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

IMPACT CAPITAL LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £36k
  • Amounts owed by group undertakings: £80,293

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
16

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 (80% 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: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Kenya · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.9m£1.7m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2022£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.0m£804k
31/03/2021£319k£233k

Common questions

Is THE IMPACT FACILITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £163,289 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total group income rising to £1,889,977. However, the trustees' report notes that unrestricted reserves are currently in deficit, totaling £55,020, which is below the policy target of three months of budgeted resources. The trustees expressed confidence that continuing support and fundraising efforts would reduce this deficit and rebuild reserves by 2026. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

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 KIAWAH CHARITABLE TRUST1£873k
THE CAMELLIA FOUNDATION1£115k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUST1£81k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION1£70k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£55k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£18k
ELRHA1£18k
GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IMPACT INITIATIVES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE IMPACT FACILITY£1.9m—0below—no doubt
IMPACT INITIATIVES FY2025£3.4m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
IMPACT FOUNDATION FY2025£2.2mmore than £70,0001below—no doubt
GLOBAL IMPACT UK FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
Kingdom Impact FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
IMPACT GIVING UK TRUST FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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