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Registered charity · London

Social Investment Business Foundation

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £189m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £9,000,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Grant Management Services Buyer: Access - The Foundation for Social Investment £9,000,000 2026-01-30 CPV 75100000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Access - the Foundation for Social Investment (Access) is seeking a partner to deliver grant management services for its pre and post investment support activity. Access has four main funding themes of blended finance, pre and post inve…

About

What it does
Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.sibgroup.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Social Investment Business Foundation
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£189m£192m
  • 2024£70m£69m
  • 2023£23m£30m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.1m£11m
  • 2021£9.5m£18m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ALL PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN AREAS OF SOCIAL NEED THAT ARE CHARITIES AND THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING BY PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE; AND/ORTHE MAKING AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INVESTMENTS BY MEANS OF LOANS, GRANTS, GUARANTEES, EQUITY, NEAR EQUITY OR OTHER FINANCIAL INTERVENTIONS OR ASSISTANCE TO CHARITIES OR FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN AREAS OF SOCIAL NEED; AND/ORPROMOTING THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY THOSE CHARITIES AND FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ADVICE, SUPPORT AND RELATED ASSISTANCE TO CHARITIES AND FOR CHARITABLE PROJECTS IN RELATION TO SUCH LOANS, GRANTS, GUARANTEES, EQUITY, NEAR EQUITY OR OTHER FINANCIAL INTERVENTIONS AND SOCIAL INVESTMENTS.

Grants received

12 grants · £22,950,325 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £22,382,405 (3 grants)
  • Barrow Cadbury Trust · £567,920 (9 grants)

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 9Other Charitable Purposes 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 15Health and social care 6Professional services 4

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£188.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

73 from 40 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1117185
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/04/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/03/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/04/2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/05/2015 as amended on 28 Mar 2024
Companies House
Company number 05777484 · Active
Contact on the register
02030967903 · enquiries@sibgroup.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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