01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 23 April 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 15442716
- Financial period
- 25 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £8,783,515
- Latest expenditure
- £644,286
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 71-75 SHELTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2H 9JQ
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Giving What We Can UK advances education and promotes the voluntary sector, charity effectiveness, and impactful resource use by conducting research to identify and support highly effective charities, disseminating useful research findings, and providing guidance to maximise charitable impact. Its activities include advising, researching, making grants, and advocating for effective giving.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 25 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,783,515
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £644,286
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 25 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,783,515
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £644,286
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 25 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 8778471
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 5043
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8783514
- Income Legacies
- 8778471
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £12,150
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £632,136
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 644286
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 404443
- Expenditure Governance
- 18620
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 84760
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £7,825,572
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £8,189,029
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £49,800
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,139,229
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 49800
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £7,498,411
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 7825572
- Funds Restricted
- 313657
- Funds Total
- 8139229
- Count Employees
- 1
- 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
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- GIVING WHAT WE CAN UK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-04-23T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 JAN 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 APR 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND(B) THE PROMOTION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF:(I) THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;(II) THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES; AND(III) THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, BY, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(C) CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL PRODUCTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;(D) PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO HELP MAXIMISE IMPACT IN THE CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY SECTORS; AND(E) MAKING GRANTS.