Centre for Public Impact Europe
Registered charity 1193597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRE FOR PUBLIC IMPACT UK, CPI UK
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £44,497 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £557,092. The trustees report that this level of reserves indicates a stable level of financial health and is within the assessed minimum requirement of £400,000 to £600,000. The charity confirms it is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least one year.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between £400,000 and £600,000 (held: £557k)
“The assessment of the minimum unrestricted free reserves level required, based on the assessment of risks, is between £400,000 and £600,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged costs to parent
“During the year, a total of £692,923 (2023: £1,166,790) of costs were recharged to Centre for Public Impact, the parent and independent not-for-profit foundation identified in the Trustees’ Report.” — page 24
“In addition, expenses of £102,893 (2023: £161,147) were recharged from Centre for Public Impact.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged expenses from parent
“During the year, a total of £692,923 (2023: £1,166,790) of costs were recharged to Centre for Public Impact, the parent and independent not-for-profit foundation identified in the Trustees’ Report.” — page 24
“In addition, expenses of £102,893 (2023: £161,147) were recharged from Centre for Public Impact.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged costs to group entity
“During the year, a total of £692,923 (2023: £1,166,790) of costs were recharged to Centre for Public Impact, the parent and independent not-for-profit foundation identified in the Trustees’ Report.” — page 24
“In addition, expenses of £102,893 (2023: £161,147) were recharged from Centre for Public Impact.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Adria Finch — Interim Global Chief of Staff (source)
- Elysa Neumann — Interim Global Director, Communications and Impact (source)
- Helen Suwannawongse — Global Director of People & Culture (source)
- Kandice Louis- Wilson — Interim Senior Director, North America (source)
- Julie Wang — Director, Strategic Partnerships (source)
- Keisha Swaby — Director, Programme, Europe (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.
- GERLA, Marisa Phillips — director, appointed 09/09/2025on trustee list
- GELUK, Piet Adriaan Johan — director, appointed 25/11/2024not on trustee list
- KAMENER, Larry — director, appointed 31/01/2020on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Larry Kamenerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Marisa Phillips Gerla
- Peter Geluk
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: France · Scotland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Centre for Public Impact Europe financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £44,497 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £557,092. The trustees report that this level of reserves indicates a stable level of financial health and is within the assessed minimum requirement of £400,000 to £600,000. The charity confirms it is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for at least one year. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HW Fisher Audit.
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