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Founders Pledge Ltd

Founders Pledge Ltd is a registered charity (number 1162201) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Vikrant Bhargava since 2022. Latest income £331m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Fffg (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £331m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Germany, United States
Website
www.founderspledge.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Founders Pledge LTD
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£331m£250m
  • 2024£246m£156m
  • 2023£111m£108m
Earlier years
  • 2022£54m£46m
  • 2021£42m£36m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Grants received

1 grant · £1,500,000 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,500,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,500,0002020-09-28
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.

6 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
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 6General Charitable Purposes 6

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 6Finance 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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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.
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1162201
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 08565148 · Active
Contact on the register
02080640186 · ops@founderspledge.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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