MISSION44

Registered charity 1199596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mission 44 is a charitable Foundation founded by Sir Lewis Hamilton. We are focused on building a fairer, more inclusive future for young people around the world. We with young people facing social injustice to invest in innovators and system changers, connect and share learning, and campaign for change.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £5.5m in free unrestricted funds, which corresponds to 29 months of non-programmatic expenditure, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of £3.1m. The trustees confirm that existing resources are sufficient to support ongoing operations with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Stephen Brown — Chief Engagement Officer (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Santander UK Foundation — “Mission 44 and Santander UK Foundation launch £500,000 STEM Pathways Fund” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~16.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 26.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dame Hayaatun Sillem DBE PhDchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Anne Mensah · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawid Konotey-Ahulu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Otubu
• Natacha Minniti
• Valerie Amos · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MISSION MOTORSPORT.

• MISSION MOTORSPORT income £1.3m
• Foundation For Future London income £1.5m
• FIT 4 FUTURE FOUNDATION income £105k
• THE RUSSELL MARTIN FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• SPORT 4 LIFE UK income £1.5m
• Moto Foundation income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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