Ethical Giving

Analysis

Ethical Giving is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ethical Giving reported income of £434k and spending of £31k, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £71k to £434k (+509%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 5555%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ethical Giving sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mrs D M France-Hayhurst Foundation (£429k), Infrastructure Industry Foundation (£434k) and Churchill Priory Ltd (£428k).