GIVENGAIN UK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1204486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £21,590, following a deficit for the year of £75,946. The trustees report that the charity remains a going concern for at least the next 12 months and intend to address the deficit through future unrestricted income and expenditure management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (reserves figure: −£22k)
“The target reserve level is three months of operating costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party transaction with GivenGain Foundation Switzerland
“During the year, the Charity incurred expenses of £248,450 (2024: £19,837) in respect of services provided by GivenGain Foundation Switzerland , an entity related to the charity through a common affiliation agreement.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Fusion Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 10/11/2025, 10 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£3.5m
Reserves (reported)
£22k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.4m£3.5m
31/12/2024£416k£402k

Common questions

Is GIVENGAIN UK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £21,590, following a deficit for the year of £75,946. The trustees report that the charity remains a going concern for at least the next 12 months and intend to address the deficit through future unrestricted income and expenditure management. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fusion Audit Ltd.

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 GLOBAL GIVING UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GIVENGAIN UK FOUNDATION£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL GIVING UK FY2025£2.9m—8below—no doubt
LOCALGIVING FOUNDATION FY2025£8.0m£100,001 - £110,0001below—no doubt
UK GIVES LTD FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
GIVE US A LIFT FY2025£106kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt

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