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GRAND PLAN

Registered charity 1193497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We're a charity awarding £1,000 grants to creative people from BAME (black, asian and minority ethnic) groups based in the UK who want to make a new cultural project happen.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Latest income
£123k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £122,500 against total expenditure of £106,072, resulting in a net surplus. The charity held unrestricted cash funds of £43,491 at the end of the year, with a stated reserves policy of approximately six months of core running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Total income for this accounting period was £122,500 (2023: £76,650), £58,350 (2023: £37,500) of which was unrestricted.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: c. 6 months of core running costs, not including any grant-making (held: £43k)
“Our reserves policy remains c. 6 months of core running costs, not including any grant-making.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£123k£106k
31/12/2023£77k£51k
31/12/2022£40k£66k
31/12/2021£87k£39k

Common questions

Is GRAND PLAN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £122,500 against total expenditure of £106,072, resulting in a net surplus. The charity held unrestricted cash funds of £43,491 at the end of the year, with a stated reserves policy of approximately six months of core running costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRAND PLAN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRAND PLAN as a grant recipient include THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£64kGrand Plan
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£39kGrand Plan Grant-making

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED1£40k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUND1£20k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST1£5k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST1£5k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION1£3k
LOVEBRUM1£500
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£250
THE ARDWICK TRUST1£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRAND UNION ARTS CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRAND PLAN£123k—0unclear—no doubt
GRAND UNION ARTS CIO FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
FINEGRANT LIMITED FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
GRANDPARENTS PLUS FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024£185k—0within—no doubt
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST FY2025£290k—0unclear—no doubt

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