The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Founders Pledge Ltd

Registered charity 1162201 Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Germany, United States

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7

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

Property 23Business services 7Finance 6

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£245.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.6 in 2020

64 from 54 in 2020
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.founderspledge.com
Emailops@founderspledge.com
Phone02080640186
AddressUnit 292-295 Salisbury House, 29 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 5QQ

Finances

£245,809,417 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£19,764,366£9,842,428
2021£41,769,485£35,637,551
2022£53,702,104£45,944,643
2023£111,338,352£108,291,142
2024£245,809,417£156,200,602

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

5.1 THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE(S) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: 5.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY; 5.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; 5.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES; 5.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; 5.5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE; 5.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR RECONCILIATION; 5.7 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT; 5.8 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; 5.9 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE; 5.10 THE SOCIAL RELIEF, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY OR DEPRIVATION (INCLUDING DISASTER FUNDS);5.11 THE PROMOTION OF ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS; AND 5.12 THE REHABILITATION OF EX-OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME. RELEVANT DEFINITION (SEE ARTICLE 1): CHARITABLE PURPOSE: SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASSIGNED TO IT BY THE LAW FOR THE TIME BEING IN FORCE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 MAR 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/06/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/06/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04 APR 2016 AS AMENDED ON 03 NOV 2020 AS AMENDED ON 16 JAN 2023AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 MAY 2026

Trustees (7)

7trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Founders Pledge LTD · 08565148 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 11/06/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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