This Day Foundation

Registered charity 1195423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q141191053 · also known as THE GL JUBILEE FOUNDATION

Makes grants to organisations and individuals in the UK and over seas, in line with its grant making policy

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

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

Latest income
£33.7m
Latest spending
£18.8m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation reported a surplus of £14,869,303 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant donations of £31,832,923 which exceeded charitable expenditure of £18,797,211. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for future operations, maintaining free reserves of £5,756,102. However, the financial statements carry a qualified audit opinion because the trustees chose not to value the derivative element of a convertible loan, preventing the auditors from verifying potential adjustments to assets or liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: pay grants based on its ability to do so, taking into account commitments already made (held: £5.8m)
“The Trustees are mindful that the Foundation needs to maintain an appropriate level of free reserves and that its policy is to pay grants based on its ability to do so, taking into account commitments already made.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties.
“During the reporting period a total of £30,668,435 (2024: £15,489,173) was received in donations and gift aid from related parties.” — page 27
“Grants were paid to a number of related charities including Afrika Tikkun UK, MAID Charity Foundation, One to One Children's fund, Spring Impact, The Blue Thread and The Smile Foundation among others.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants paid to related charities.
“During the reporting period a total of £30,668,435 (2024: £15,489,173) was received in donations and gift aid from related parties.” — page 27
“Grants were paid to a number of related charities including Afrika Tikkun UK, MAID Charity Foundation, One to One Children's fund, Spring Impact, The Blue Thread and The Smile Foundation among others.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 16/05/2023, 105 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£32.5m
Total spending
£18.8m
Reserves (reported)
£32.8m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~21.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£33.7m£18.8m
31/03/2024£16.3m£25.5m
31/03/2023£31.9m£19.5m
31/03/2022£15.9m£2.0m

Common questions

Is This Day Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation reported a surplus of £14,869,303 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant donations of £31,832,923 which exceeded charitable expenditure of £18,797,211. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for future operations, maintaining free reserves of £5,756,102. However, the financial statements carry a qualified audit opinion because the trustees chose not to value the derivative element of a convertible loan, preventing the auditors from verifying potential adjustments to assets or liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PERSONAL BEST FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
This Day Foundation£33.7m—0unclear—no doubt
PERSONAL BEST FOUNDATION FY2025£135k—0below—no doubt
PRISM THE GIFT FUND FY2025£91.4m—0above—no doubt
THE DAY FOUNDATION FY2025£172k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
TAKING GROUND FY2025£118k—0above—no doubt

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