FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION TO IMPROVE FAMILY PLANNING

Registered charity 1188260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fostering the education of the public, and in particular preadolescent underprivileged young people, to improve family planning and health, with particular reference to the societal and environmental consequences of knowledge of population growth and poverty. The relief and assistance of people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe, in the

Objects

FOSTERING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR PREADOLESCENT UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUNGSTERS, IN THE FIELD OF PROCREATION, FAMILY PLANNING AND HEALTH WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF POPULATION GROWTH AND POVERTY.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £50,022,976, which are primarily derived from investment income and dividends. The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (99% of income)
“Dividend income 4,571,012” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Consultancy fees paid to Sofia BVBA, a company where CEO Chris Buyse is a director.
“Consultancy fees of £121,260 (2023 - £120,000) were paid to Sofia BVBA in accordance with a management services agreement entered into with that company. Chris Buyse, the chief executive officer of the charity, is a director of Sofia BVBA.” — page 26
“During the year under review, Désiré Collen, a trustee, made personal donations of £25,000 (2023 £385,000) to the charity.” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Personal donations made by Trustee Désiré Collen.
“Consultancy fees of £121,260 (2023 - £120,000) were paid to Sofia BVBA in accordance with a management services agreement entered into with that company. Chris Buyse, the chief executive officer of the charity, is a director of Sofia BVBA.” — page 26
“During the year under review, Désiré Collen, a trustee, made personal donations of £25,000 (2023 £385,000) to the charity.” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Redford & Co Limited. 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.

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

Total income
£326k
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£101k
Reserves (reported)
£51.2m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (72% 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: 31.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Colombia · Costa Rica · Guatemala · Madagascar · Sierra Leone · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.9m£1.7m
31/12/2024£4.6m£977k
31/12/2023£473k£986k
31/12/2022£1.0m£312k
31/03/2022£29.9m£247k

Common questions

Is FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION TO IMPROVE FAMILY PLANNING financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £50,022,976, which are primarily derived from investment income and dividends. The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Redford & Co Limited.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION TO IMPROVE FAMILY PLANNING£2.9m—0unclear—no doubt
LTPP FY2024£3.1m—0above—no doubt
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£224k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
REACHING THE UNREACHED FY2025£773k—0unclear—no doubt
Prept. Foundation FY2025£284k—0unclear—no doubt

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