THE VALUABLE 500 FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1204890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are building a global community of 500 CEOs and their businesses. The transformational change programme works with The Valuable 500 community to improve their performance across leadership, culture, brand, reporting, research, data and representation. The scale of the disability inequality crisis globally cannot be resolved without business. Inclusive business creates inclusive societies.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income and expenditure were both £1,454,663, resulting in a break-even operating surplus for the year. Actual unrestricted reserves of £392,410 are below the board's stated policy target of £500,000. The charity holds a significant HMRC PAYE debt and relies on diverse funding sources including sponsorship and grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13648617

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE VALUABLE 500 FOUNDATION (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Katy Talikowska — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Mark Hodgkinson — Chair (source)
• Paul Polman — Chair (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).

• Nikkei — “Valuable 500 Partners with Nikkei and The Nippon Foundation to Deliver the SYNC25 Accountability Summit.” (source page)
• The Nippon Foundation — “Valuable 500 Partners with Nikkei and The Nippon Foundation to Deliver the SYNC25 Accountability Summit.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HODGKINSON, Mark Philip — director, appointed 13/06/2026on trustee list
• GALLEGOS, Luis — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
• KABASAWA, Ichiro — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
• DAVIS, Katherine — director, appointed 09/07/2024on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Samantha Ruth — director, appointed 08/03/2022on trustee list
• GUNNING, Jonathan — secretary, appointed 10/06/2025

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ichiro Kabasawa
• Katherine Davis
• Luis Gallegos
• Mark Hodgkinson
• Samantha Ruth Phillips · 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

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Side by side with its peers

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