CIVIC POWER FUND
Registered charity 1203784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Civic Power Fund is a charity that focuses on developing the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the United Kingdom through funding community organising.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £258,788, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of £150,000 to £300,000. The charity reported a net income of £1,039,607 and total funds carried forward of £1,898,390, indicating a stable financial position despite a slight underspend in designated funds.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Payment to Hope Not Hate for a seminar; CEO Nick Lowles is a Trustee.
“Other than as disclosed in Note 10, during the year, £150 was paid from cash at bank to Hope Not Hate for an update seminar on the rise of the far right. The CEO of Hope Not Hate Limited is Nick Lowles who is also a Trustee of Civic Power Fund.” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by DSC Accountants Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Martha Mackenzie — Executive Director (source)
- Mohammed Afridi — Director of Organising (source)
- Liz Pepler — Director of Finance (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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£67k
Reported reserves equal ~1.3 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CIVIC POWER FUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £258,788, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of £150,000 to £300,000. The charity reported a net income of £1,039,607 and total funds carried forward of £1,898,390, indicating a stable financial position despite a slight underspend in designated funds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSC Accountants Ltd.
Who funds CIVIC POWER FUND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CIVIC POWER FUND as a grant recipient include THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON, JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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