THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION

Registered charity 268369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAF, GAYE, GIVE AS YOU EARN

The Charities Aid Foundation exists to accelerate progress in society towards a fair and sustainable future for all. We work at the centre of the giving world, to drive greater and more impactful giving through tailored, innovative and strategic services for individual and corporate donors, and to help social purpose organisations to build their resilience and do more of their life-changing work

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported total income of £1.39 billion and net income after tax of £162.8 million for the year ended 30 April 2025. The trustees confirm that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GlastHOMEbury 2020 (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (15,695 likes) · instagram (6,096 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Priya Darshani Singh
• Jackie Leiper
• MEREDITH NILES · trustee of 5 other charities
• Michael St John Ashley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Owen Pringle
• Robert Vogtle
• Sabine Everaet
• Sir Edward Charles Braham

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

Operates in: Canada · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• MEREDITH NILES — trustee here and at SOUTHAMPTON ROW TRUST LIMITED

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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 CHARITIES ADVISORY TRUST.

• THE CHARITIES ADVISORY TRUST income £349k
• THE SAFERA FOUNDATION income £409k
• ISLAMIC AID income £6.6m
• THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE income £21.1m
• Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire income £4.6m
• CREATE FOUNDATION income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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