01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 22 July 2005
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 05507404
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £66,616,958
- Latest expenditure
- £66,534,299
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 76 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PP
Website recorded by the regulator: www.paypalgivingfund.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
PayPal Giving Fund UK harnesses the power of technology to make giving a part of everyday life, benefiting charities across the UK. We pursue our vision by partnering with leading internet businesses, developing innovative programs that introduce charitable giving in relevant and engaging ways to new audiences. The funds we raise enable us to support a wide range of charitable activities.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 July 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £66,616,958
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £66,534,299
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £78,626,787
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £78,537,253
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 May 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £55,507,197
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £55,517,894
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £45,788,095
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,030,467
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £46,189,532
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,090,703
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £66,616,958
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £66,534,299
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 25 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £78,626,787
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £78,537,253
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £55,507,197
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £55,517,894
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 19 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £45,788,095
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,030,467
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 12 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £46,189,532
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,090,703
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 29 July 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 66606389
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 10283
- Income Other
- 286
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 66616958
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £208,359
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £66,325,940
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 66534299
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 63740858
- Expenditure Governance
- 19983
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1205130
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £657,616
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £6,070,745
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £5,413,129
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £657,616
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 5413129
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,458,607
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 657616
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 657616
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 25 July 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 78611896
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 14891
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 78626787
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £206,044
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £78,331,209
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 78537253
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 75419652
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1333744
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £574,957
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,134,266
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,559,309
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £574,957
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 4559309
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £4,604,949
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 574957
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 574957
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 May 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 55502789
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 4408
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 55507197
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £172,975
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £55,344,919
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 55517894
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 52921254
- Expenditure Governance
- 17274
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1636710
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £485,423
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,905,972
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £4,420,549
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £485,423
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 4420549
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £4,157,116
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 485423
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 485423
- Count Employees
- 0
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 19 May 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 45787474
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 621
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 45788095
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £173,620
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £45,856,847
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 46030467
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 43364770
- Expenditure Governance
- 16969
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1939145
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £496,120
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,954,759
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,458,639
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £496,120
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2458639
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,678,706
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 496120
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 496120
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 12 July 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 46188779
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 753
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 46189532
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £178,780
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £45,911,923
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 46090703
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 13725
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1931038
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £613,422
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,555,381
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,816,889
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £738,492
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2816889
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,031,193
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 732305
- Funds Restricted
- 6187
- Funds Total
- 738492
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PAYPAL GIVING FUND UK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2005-07-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/04/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/05/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/05/2013 as amended on 12 Dec 2023
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE ALL PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 507701
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- MISSIONFISH - UK
- Charity Name Id
- 474099
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION UK
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Risk management