GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
GIF finds, funds and scales-up cost-effective, evidence-based social innovations that have the potential to measurably improve the lives of millions of people living on $5 a day or less in the developing world. GIF deploys grant and risk capital instruments to support a range of innovators across the globe to accelerate the development, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations.
Latest income
£16.6m
Expenditure
£10.5m
Financial year end
2024-12-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £18.1m | £18.1m | |
| 2021-12-31 | £6.2m | £17.8m | |
| 2022-12-31 | £7.9m | £17.6m | |
| 2023-12-31 | £5.4m | £8.2m | |
| 2024-12-31 | £16.6m | £10.5m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2024-12-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £16.2m |
| Charitable activities | £0 |
| Trading | £0 |
| Investment income | £379k |
| Total income | £16.6m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £8.3m |
| Raising funds | £392k |
| Grants to institutions | £2.6m |
| Governance | £783k |
| Total expenditure | £10.5m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £2.3m |
| Total funds | £26.4m |
| — restricted | £7.3m |
| — unrestricted | £19.1m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £26.4m |
| Cash | £13.0m |
People
| Employees | 0 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who it helps
- Other Defined Groups
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Other Finance
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.