NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 295237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, NETWORK FOUNDATION

Makes grants to charities, charitable institutions, or organisations with charitable purposes from funds raised primarily through its members.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £58,472 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £203,507 to £145,035. Unrestricted reserves stood at £81,333, which the trustees note is above their stated policy target of £33,650 to £67,300. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' unrestricted administrative expenditure (held: £81k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to approximately 3 to 6 months’ unrestricted administrative expenditure, which based on the 2025 accounts amounts to a figure between £33,650 to £67,300.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 110
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£81k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 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 (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: 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
31/08/2025£2.0m£2.0m
31/08/2024£1.8m£1.7m
31/08/2023£1.7m£1.8m
31/08/2022£1.6m£1.6m
31/08/2021£1.5m£1.5m

Common questions

Is NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £58,472 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £203,507 to £145,035. Unrestricted reserves stood at £81,333, which the trustees note is above their stated policy target of £33,650 to £67,300. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

Who funds NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include WAR ON WANT, THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION, FINANCE INNOVATION LAB, Able Child Africa, MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WAR ON WANTFY2024£367kExtractivism, Resources & Conflict
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2023£36kOnward support to projects funded by MSN Fund
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2024£34k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2021£22kNot specified in grant list.
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2022£20kGrant
FINANCE INNOVATION LABFY2022£20kproject grants for our programme focusing on financial policy and regulation
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2022£18kDonation
Able Child AfricaFY2023£13kGrants payable to institutions
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2025£12k
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2023£1kDonation
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2024£500
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£100

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
AMABRILL LTD1£50k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST1£33k
UNSEEN (UK)1£15k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£800

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHGATE CHURCH TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHGATE CHURCH TRUST FY2026£270k—0within—no doubt
NICHOLAS JONES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY FY2025£430k——unclear—no doubt
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025£71k—0above—no doubt
R S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£227k—0unclear—no doubt

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