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The Considered Ask Foundation

Registered charity 1195905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BIG ASK FOUNDATION

The foundation supports work in the UK. We champion, fund and increase the impact of high potential charities that use training, education and counselling to bring about positive, lasting, measurable change in people's lives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,504,501.98 to £1,323,599.83 due to a net deficit of £180,902.15 for the year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and that reserves are sufficient to meet existing obligations. Operational costs were largely covered by donated services from a related party, The ASK Charitable Trust.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover at a minimum the existing obligations disclosed in creditors amounts due within one year (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the company's current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. The trustees intend to maintain a reserve sufficient to cover at a minimum the existing obligations disclosed in creditors amounts due within one year.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees
“Donations of £650,000.00 (2023: £886,847.08), including gift aid, were received from the trustees without conditions. The ASK Charitable Trust is currently meeting the majority of the operational costs of the Foundation totalling £286,221.47 for the period, by way of donated services (2023: £342,059.83) Anthony and Sophie Kingsley are also trustees of The ASK Charitable Tust” — page 17
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Couch Bright King & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£51k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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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
30/04/2025£1.5m£1.5m
30/04/2024£1.0m£1.2m
30/04/2023£1.3m£1.1m
30/04/2022£2.1m£894k

Common questions

Is The Considered Ask Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,504,501.98 to £1,323,599.83 due to a net deficit of £180,902.15 for the year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and that reserves are sufficient to meet existing obligations. Operational costs were largely covered by donated services from a related party, The ASK Charitable Trust. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Couch Bright King & Co.

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
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Considered Ask Foundation£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE COUNSELLING FOUNDATION FY2024£2.1m—2unclear—no doubt
UKH FOUNDATION FY2024£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION FY2025£190k—0below—no doubt
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt

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