GIVING WHAT WE CAN UK
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-07 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
1
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,783,515 | |
| Operating profit | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,139,229 | |
| Net profit | £8,139,229 | |
| Cash | £7,498,411 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,139,229 | |
| Net assets | £8,139,229 | |
| Equity | £8,139,229 | |
| Average employees | 1 | |
| Wages | £95,695 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 92.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.6% | |
| Current ratio | 164.44x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Knox Cropper LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. In forming this opinion, they have considered the long-term impact of the current economic challenges and the context on both its income and expenditure for at least a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, Giving What We Can completed the start of an exciting new chapter: after years of support, we spun out of the Effective Ventures Foundation UK and US to become an independent organisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANU, Habiba | Director | 2024-01-25 | Jan 1991 | British |
| COCKHILL, Peter D'Arcy | Director | 2024-06-11 | Dec 1964 | British |
| NOSIMOHOMED, Zuber | Director | 2024-01-25 | Mar 1988 | British |
| SUTTON, Andrew Keith | Director | 2024-07-09 | Jun 1981 | British |
| WILKS, Matti | Director | 2024-06-11 | Oct 1991 | Australian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAUFMAN, Jeffrey Thomforde | Director | 2024-01-25 | 2024-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-01-25 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one