SOUL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Soul Foundation's mission is to give hope to the destitute, restoring dignity, by ending cycles of poverty, addiction, abuse and violence. Our aims are to promote social justice, mercy, accountability, restoration and hope. The Foundation works locally and globally both independently and in partnership with other charitable organisations working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.

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

Latest income

£264k

Latest spending

£336k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £58,590 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds of £191,295. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover planned expenditure for the foreseeable future and that the charity can continue as a going concern. The financial position is supported by cash holdings of £181,378, though the charity experienced a net decrease in funds compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover the charity's planned expenditure for the foreseeable future (held: £108k)

“The trustees consider that unrestricted reserves should be sufficient to cover the charity's planned expenditure for the foreseeable future.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£589k

Reserves (reported)

£92k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Annabell Currie
Carl Philip Weathers
Robert Charles Mayes
Senior Pastor John Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
Steadman Noble
Stephen John Ginn
William Joseph McKinney
Y'etsha Bennett-Grant

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

Operates in: India · Israel · Pakistan · Philippines · South Africa · Throughout England · Togo

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£264k	£336k
31/03/2024	£287k	£346k
31/03/2023	£224k	£295k
31/03/2022	£259k	£612k
31/03/2021	£1.2m	£589k

Common questions

Is SOUL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £58,590 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds of £191,295. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover planned expenditure for the foreseeable future and that the charity can continue as a going concern. The financial position is supported by cash holdings of £181,378, though the charity experienced a net decrease in funds compared to the previous year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST, NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE ELLERDALE TRUST, THE PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	FY2022	£74k	Love Your Neighbour General
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	FY2021	£43k	Social Transformation Grants
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£37k	To support 743 households with food provided via deliveries.
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k	To support families with school uniform vouchers and snack packs at the food hub.
THE ELLERDALE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k

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
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£755k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	1	£2k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

SAO FOUNDATION income £812k
SOUND FOUNDATION COMMUNITY CARE income £130k
PS FOUNDATION income £560k
PROTON FOUNDATION income £116k
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION income £237k
SHELL FOUNDATION income £29.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUL FOUNDATION	£264k	—	within	—	no doubt
SAO FOUNDATION FY2025	£812k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUND FOUNDATION COMMUNITY CARE FY2025	£130k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PS FOUNDATION FY2025	£560k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PROTON FOUNDATION FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION FY2026	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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