THE VARKEY FOUNDATION

Varkey Foundation

Nonprofit organization in United Kingdom

The Varkey Foundation exists to improve education for underprivileged children throughout the world. The Foundation's charitable activities include the delivery of programmes to build the capacity of teachers and school leaders and advocacy for the status of the teaching profession.

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Founded: 2010
Income 2025: £4.4M
Public funds 2022: 0%

Accounts

Income Expenditure

Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register

Where the money comes from (2022)

Public funds 0% · Other income 100%

Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.

Data table

Year	Income	Expenditure	Public funds	Staff	Source
2025-03-31	£4.4M	£4.4M	–	29	Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2024-03-31	£3.2M	£3.5M	–	33	Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2023-03-31	£1.7M	£2.2M	–	34	Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2022-03-31	£3.4M	£3.8M	0%	36	Charity Commission (England & Wales)
2021-03-31	£2.4M	£3.5M	0%	60	Charity Commission (England & Wales)

Spending on declared projects (IATI)

Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).

Countries with projects published on IATI

Ghana ↗ 36

Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.

Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)

Project	Country	Period	Spending
Total MG3 Expenditure - Q18	Ghana	2021–… ongoing	$719,720
Total MG3 Expenditure for Q17	Ghana	2021–… ongoing	$689,018
Total MG3 Incoming Funds - Q17	Ghana	2021–… ongoing	–
Total MG3 Expenditure - Q16	Ghana	2021–2021 ongoing	$1.4M
Total MG3 Incoming Funds - Q16	Ghana	2021–… ongoing	–
Total MG3 Incoming Funds - Q15	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	–
Total MG3 Expenditure - Q15	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	$1.4M
Total MG3 Expenditure - Q14 (July 2020 to September 2020)	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	$710,896
Total Incoming Funds - Q14	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	–
Total MG3 Expenditure for Q13	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	$1.3M
Incoming Funds - Q13		2020–… ongoing	–
Total Incoming Funds - Q12	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	–
Total MGCubed Expenditure - Q12	Ghana	2020–… ongoing	$458,498
Total Incoming Funds - Q11	Ghana	2019–… ongoing	–
MGCubed Expenditure - Q11	Ghana	2019–… ongoing	$396,243
Total Expenditure for Quarter 9 (Apr - June 2019)	Ghana	2019–… ongoing	$1.7M
Total Expenditure for Quarter 8 (Jan - Mar 2019)	Ghana	2019–… ongoing	$1.1M
Total Expenditure for Quarter 7 (Oct - Dec 2018)	Ghana	2018–… ongoing	$1.2M
Total Expenditure for Quarter 6 (Jul-Sept 2018)	Ghana	2018–… ongoing	$1.8M
Total Expenditure for Quarter 5 (April -June 2018)	Ghana	2018–… ongoing	$1.4M
Total Expenditure for Quarter 3 (Nov-Jan 2018)	Ghana	2018–… ongoing	$1.2M
Total Expenditure for Quater 2 (Aug-Oct 2017)	Ghana	2017–… ongoing	$2.6M

Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.

All projects on d-portal ↗

Countries declared

United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Ghana · Uganda

Official checks

Public register: Charity Commission — active registration
Latest accounts filed: 2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Annual filings: up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))

Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology

Timeline

2010 Founded
2011-12-16 Registered as a charity
2015-10-05 First publication on IATI

Identifiers

Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata