MIVA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1201876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects of the charity are to advance such charitable purposes (according to the laws of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time by giving grants to other charitable organisations in the UK.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly from £124,888 to £681,420, driven by a rise in donations and investment income. The trustees report no policy of retaining significant reserves other than covering grants promised for the next three months. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~48.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Twinningchair
• Valerie Twinning

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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 THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED.

• THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED income £2.8m
• THE MILLBY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• SIVA CHARITABLE FUND income £846k
• A MILLION REALITIES FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• Coller Family Foundation income £230k
• JMWM HUSSAIN FOUNDATION income £855k

Side by side with its peers

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