NNS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is a grant-maker and furthers its charitable purposes by making grants to support a range of charitable projects.

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Latest income

£10.0m

Latest spending

£9.8m

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of USD 4,626,165, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to one year of accountancy and professional fees (approximately USD 50,000). Per the trustees' report, the charity has no employed staff and relies entirely on donations from its founder, Mr. Nassef Sawiris, who provided USD 8,136,737 during the year. The trustees and auditors confirm 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: one year of accountancy and professional fees (held: £5.8m)

“the Trustee decided to maintain a minimum level of reserve to cover at least one year of accountancy and professional fees.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ernst & Young LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£10.0m

Total spending

£9.8m

Reserves (reported)

£37k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

NNS Foundation Limited

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

Operates in: Egypt · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£10.0m	£9.8m
31/12/2024	£13.1m	£9.8m
31/12/2023	£10.0m	£10.0m
31/12/2022	£6.5m	£12.1m
31/12/2021	£15.6m	£10.6m

Common questions

Is NNS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of USD 4,626,165, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to one year of accountancy and professional fees (approximately USD 50,000). Per the trustees' report, the charity has no employed staff and relies entirely on donations from its founder, Mr. Nassef Sawiris, who provided USD 8,136,737 during the year. The trustees and auditors confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ernst & Young 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND	1	£24k

Charities like this

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

THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
NES FOUNDATION LTD income £684k
PONOSI FOUNDATION income £144k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION income £7.0m
THE FIDELIS FOUNDATION income £2.2m
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION income £271k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NNS FOUNDATION	£10.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NES FOUNDATION LTD FY2024	£684k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PONOSI FOUNDATION FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION FY2025	£7.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FIDELIS FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.2m	—	within	—	no doubt

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