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THE ACCESS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support organisations who have as a key objective the mitigation of the digital divide, by making computing facilities, support and/or learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people.To support charities who have been chosen or shortlisted as the Access Group charities of the year.To support charities who have a strong emotional connection with a member of staff of the Access

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Latest income
£561k
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £12,932,487, which the trustees describe as strong cash reserves. The trustees' report indicates that these reserves, along with anticipated future funding from share sales, are sufficient to cover anticipated grant awards and operational expenditure for a period of 5 years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five years of anticipated outgoings (held: £12.9m)
“The Foundation has a reserves policy of retaining sufficient cash reserves to cover all anticipated grant awards and operational expenditure for a period of 5 years.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses paid in the period totalled £93. Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests (which are regularly reviewed).
“Trustee expenses paid in the period totalled £93. Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests (which are regularly reviewed).” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£561k
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (87% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Ireland · Malaysia · New Zealand · Romania · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£561k£2.7m
30/06/2024£389k£2.6m
30/06/2023£18.5m£1.2m
30/06/2022£1.5m£643k

Common questions

Is THE ACCESS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £12,932,487, which the trustees describe as strong cash reserves. The trustees' report indicates that these reserves, along with anticipated future funding from share sales, are sufficient to cover anticipated grant awards and operational expenditure for a period of 5 years. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WR Partners.

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
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£1.9m
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.1m
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£750k
POWER TO CHANGE TRUST1£400k
AKO FOUNDATION1£231k
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation UK1£228k
THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS1£134k
THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST1£81k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ACCESS PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ACCESS FOUNDATION£561k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ACCESS PROJECT FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
ACCESS - THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL INVESTMENT FY2025£12.5m——unclear—no doubt
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
DISRUPT FOUNDATION FY2024£2.9m£100,000 - £110,0001unclear—no doubt
THE GSR FOUNDATION FY2024£3.1m—0below—no doubt

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