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.

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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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alice Clark · trustee of 2 other charities
Carol Freeman
Dr Audrey Gillian Walt
Heather Currey
Helen Wingfield

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WAR ON WANT	FY2024	£367k	Extractivism, Resources & Conflict
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2023	£36k	Onward support to projects funded by MSN Fund
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2024	£34k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2021	£22k	Not specified in grant list.
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2022	£20k	Grant
FINANCE INNOVATION LAB	FY2022	£20k	project grants for our programme focusing on financial policy and regulation
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2022	£18k	Donation
Able Child Africa	FY2023	£13k	Grants payable to institutions
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2023	£1k	Donation
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2024	£500
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED	1	£314k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£230k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
CMZ LTD	1	£113k
CHASEHAWK LIMITED	1	£107k
JAY EDUCATION TRUST	1	£91k
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV	1	£61k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
MW (GK) FOUNDATION income £261k
SHINE@NECHELLSPOD income £186k
SUPPORT THE CHARITY WORKER income £991k
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	£2.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MW (GK) FOUNDATION FY2024	£261k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
SHINE@NECHELLSPOD FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUPPORT THE CHARITY WORKER FY2025	£991k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025	£133k	—	above	—	no doubt

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