ZERO GRAVITY FUND

Registered charity 1188177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ZERO GRAVITY FOUNDATION

Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Zero Gravity is changing that. Our scholarships give ambitious students from low-income backgrounds the freedom to focus on their studies and future careers without financial stress holding them back. And with Zero Gravity's career support, our students don't just survive at university - they unlock the future they never thought possible.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND CAREER PROSPECTS OF TALENTED STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE WHILE IN EDUCATION AND TO SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING; AND(2) ASSISTING THEM IN ACHIEVING THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE TO PURSUE THEIR CHOSEN CAREER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £22,121 at the period end, which the Trustees confirmed were sufficient to meet governance and fundraising obligations for the next financial year. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £224,813, driven by scholarship commitments that exceeded incoming resources, though this was partially offset by interest income. The Trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bourner Bullock. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Thomas Hickeychair
• Gregory Mook
• Ide Kearney
• Laurence Richard Simon Newman
• Mark Lambert
• Virginie Dafforn-Gorgemans

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST.

• MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST income £60k
• THE TALENT FOUNDRY TRUST income £2.0m
• THE OPEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £114k
• SNOWDON TRUST income £871k
• THE SEKFORDE HOUSE TRUST income £96k
• PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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