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THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE

Registered charity 1198701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£23.9m
Latest spending
£24.9m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £23.9m against total expenditure of £24.9m, resulting in a net decrease in funds. Free reserves stood at £5.8m, which is above the stated policy target range of £2.3m to £3.35m, though the Trustees note a contingent liability of £5.4m in future prize payments.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six to nine months of annual operating expenditure (held: £5.8m)
“The Earthshot Prize reserves policy considers the financial risks to which the charity is exposed and has set the target range of free reserves accordingly at six to nine months of annual operating expenditure. This equates to a target range of free reserves at 31 March 2025 of £2.3m to £3.35m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Earthshot Prize made a grant of £3,968,811 to its wholly owned trading subsidiary, TEP Trading Limited.
“The Earthshot Prize made a grant to TEP Trading Limited to the value of £3,968,811. The grant was used to cover the costs relating to the production services of the 2024 Awards ceremony; and production services for filming of shoots, called “Meet the Finalists”, to reflect the final short list of entrants to the 2024 awards.”
“We continue to lease workspace from our Global Alliance Partner Arup, a global built environment consultancy that already purchases 100% renewable electricity for its offices and aims to electrify all the offices it owns by 2030.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Earthshot Prize leased office space from Arup, a Global Alliance Partner.
“The Earthshot Prize made a grant to TEP Trading Limited to the value of £3,968,811. The grant was used to cover the costs relating to the production services of the 2024 Awards ceremony; and production services for filming of shoots, called “Meet the Finalists”, to reflect the final short list of entrants to the 2024 awards.”
“We continue to lease workspace from our Global Alliance Partner Arup, a global built environment consultancy that already purchases 100% renewable electricity for its offices and aims to electrify all the offices it owns by 2030.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Corporate structure

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.

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

Total income
£23.9m
Total spending
£24.9m
Cost of raising funds
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£7.1m
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£23.9m£24.9m
31/03/2024£23.5m£21.8m
31/03/2023£18.8m£12.1m

Common questions

Is THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income for the year was £23.9m against total expenditure of £24.9m, resulting in a net decrease in funds. Free reserves stood at £5.8m, which is above the stated policy target range of £2.3m to £3.35m, though the Trustees note a contingent liability of £5.4m in future prize payments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, AL Philanthropies.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALESFY2022£6.6m
AL PhilanthropiesFY2023£1.0m
THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALESFY2023£161k
THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALESFY2024£51k

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