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Registered charity · London

Global Innovation Fund

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £17m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola and more
Website
www.globalinnovation.fund (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Global Innovation Fund
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£17m£10m
  • 2023£5.4m£8.2m
  • 2022£7.9m£18m
Earlier years
  • 2021£6.2m£18m
  • 2020£18m£18m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 98%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

5.1 THE OBJECTS OF GIF (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:5.1.1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED ARISING BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AMONGST THE WORLD'S POOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, LOANS, SOCIAL INVESTMENT, EQUITY OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FUND OR OTHERWISE ASSIST IN FINANCING PROJECTS, PROGRAMMES, OR PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DEVELOP INTO LARGE SCALE SOLUTIONS WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AND FURTHER SUCH OBJECT;5.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE SAME BENEFICIARY GROUP BY THE SAME MEANS;5.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE SAME MEANS.

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

5.3y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6Overseas Aid/famine Relief 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 6Other services 3Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£16.6m 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.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

0
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
1171353
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 SEP 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 DEC 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 OCT 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 FEB 2022 as amended on 16 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 09223487 · Active
Contact on the register
0207 971 1078 · hello@globalinnovation.fund
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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