STANDARD CHARTERED FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The SCF is a charitable organisation that tackles inequality by promoting greater economic inclusion for disadvantaged young people, particularly young women and people with disabilities. Its programmes focus on employability and entrepreneurship, helping young entrepreneurs and jobseekers access the skills, networks, opportunities and support they need to achieve economic power and participation.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of USD39.9 million, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of at least USD200,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11968592

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Standard Chartered Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tracey McDermott, CBE — Chair, Standard Chartered Foundation Board of Trustees (source)

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NGIGI, Caroline Gathoni — director, appointed 05/02/2026on trustee list
• LEE, Patrick Fook Yau — director, appointed 29/04/2025on trustee list
• ANG, Teng Siang Raymond — director, appointed 16/01/2025on trustee list
• HODGE, Daniel James — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• KAPILASHRAMI, Tanuj — director, appointed 04/09/2024on trustee list
• BIRD, Bella Deborah Mary — director, appointed 04/09/2024on trustee list
• ISPAHANI, Mirza Iraj — director, appointed 19/06/2019on trustee list
• MCDERMOTT, Tracey Elizabeth — director, appointed 29/04/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~47.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey McDermottchair
• Bella Deborah Mary Bird · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Gathoni Ngigi
• Daniel James Hodge
• Mirza Iraj Ispahani
• PATRICK FOOK YAU LEE
• Raymond Ang
• Tanuj KAPILASHRAMI · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Angola · Argentina · Australia · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Botswana · Brazil · Brunei · Burma · Cambodia · Cameroon · China

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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