GivingWorks

Registered charity 1078770 · since 2000givingworks.org.uk·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£1.3M

Annual giving, year to 31 July 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

GivingWorks does not publish an application process for outside charities.
Its grants are directed through micro-trusts, where the account holder chooses the causes, so a small charity's realistic route in is to find a donor who holds one and can request a payment to it.
That request is made by email and an online form stating the recipient, amount and purpose, and trustees then carry out due diligence and consider it against the intentions in the GivingWorks Agreement.
Its stated geographic focus is worldwide, but no grant range is given, so the account holder should be asked about likely amounts before anything is assumed.
Because access depends on a donor's own choices, building a relationship with a donor who already holds a micro-trust is likely to matter more than a cold approach.

Overview

GivingWorks is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1078770).

GivingWorks is a registered charity set up to help people who wish to be philanthropic contribute to the public good and support charitable causes anywhere in the world. It mainly does this by running micro-trusts, which let donors fundraise for charitable purposes and projects, with GivingWorks directing grant-making in line with approved objectives. It provides the legal, financial and administrative framework, so donors do not need to set up and run a standalone charity. Its annual report records £1,262,783 paid out in its most recent year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

GivingWorks supports philanthropic individuals, groups, families and businesses by providing the legal, financial and administrative framework for charitable micro-trusts. Account holders define the causes they wish to support and GivingWorks administers donations, grant-making, reporting and compliance. The trusts can direct grants to charities, charitable projects and other organisations, as well as people working on a chosen cause, subject to trustee due diligence. GivingWorks describes grants as directed to approved charitable purposes in the UK and overseas. Its approach is to enable donors to pursue their philanthropic objectives without taking on the full administrative burden of establishing and running a standalone charity.

Geographic Focus

Worldwide.

How to apply

For a GivingWorks micro-trust, the account holder requests a payment to a charity, project, organisation or person by emailing the charity team and completing an online form stating the recipient, amount and purpose. Trustees then carry out due diligence on the proposed grant.

What to send:

Complete the GivingWorks micro-trust agreement and Gift Aid declaration form and sign them.
Complete an application form setting out the causes you wish to support and your goals.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Trustees consider grant requests individually against the intentions originally stated in the GivingWorks Agreement.
Trustees carry out due diligence to ensure grants are in the public interest and that donors are not misled about the recipient.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to GivingWorks.

Charities TrustNo public processGave £89.7M The Master Charitable TrustNo public processGave £173M The Marcia and Andrew Brown Charitable TrustRollingGave £360k Dalgleish TrustInvitation onlyGave £313k Marks Family Charitable TrustNo public processGave £177k GC Gibson Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £564k Boodles Charitable TrustNo public processGave £822k Charities Advisory TrustNo public processGave £117k The Michael and Betty Little TrustRollingGave £410k The Mill Charitable TrustNo public processGave £1.4M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 July 2021	£556,405	£344,954	£234,577	Accounts for year to 31 July 2021
year to 31 July 2022	£1,689,063	£1,431,922	£902,652	Accounts for year to 31 July 2022
year to 31 July 2023	£2,009,145	£1,980,748	—	Accounts for year to 31 July 2023
year to 31 July 2024	£1,925,896	£1,749,873	£1,225,675	Accounts for year to 31 July 2024
year to 31 July 2025	£1,384,283	£1,717,110	£1,262,783	Accounts for year to 31 July 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£235k grants

YE 2022

£903k grants

YE 2024

£1.2M grants

YE 2025

£1.3M paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 July 2021; year to 31 July 2022; year to 31 July 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for that year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.