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Onebillion Learners

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Onebillion Learners is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training.

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What are the key facts about Onebillion Learners?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£1,624,995
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£899,909
Registered charity number
1159480
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
315-317 New Kings Road
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Onebillion Learners (number 1159480) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Onebillion Learners do?

1. Developing educational software in maths, reading and English, in multiple languages for children.2. Using independent evidence-based research and evaluation to develop interventions that work.3. Setting up centres of excellence, to demonstrate best practice.4. Working with partner organisations to scale up proven solutions, using appropriate hardware.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Onebillion Learners

Answers Onebillion Learners gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Onebillion Learners's highest-paid staff paid?

Onebillion Learners's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£90,001–£100,0001
£60,001–£70,0002

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Onebillion Learners's money come from?

Onebillion Learners reported £1.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.5m (92%), other income £93k (6%), investments £34k (2%).

  • Donations and legacies£1.5m · 92%
  • Other income£93k · 6%
  • Investments£34k · 2%
  • Trading and fundraising events£7,553 · 0%

Does Onebillion Learners receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Onebillion Learners. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Onebillion Learners reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Onebillion Learners as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Onebillion Learners's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
09040143 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Throughout London · Malawi · Uganda

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Organisations.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Onebillion Learners registered for?

Education/training

Why is there no Clarity Score for Onebillion Learners yet?

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Frequently asked questions

Is Onebillion Learners a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Onebillion Learners as a registered charity (number 1159480) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Onebillion Learners's charity number?
Onebillion Learners's charity number is 1159480. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1159480?
Search 1159480 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Onebillion Learners do?
1. Developing educational software in maths, reading and English, in multiple languages for children.2. Using independent evidence-based research and evaluation to develop interventions that work.3. Setting up centres of excellence, to demonstrate best practice.4. Working with partner organisations to scale up proven solutions, using appropriate hardware.
Does Onebillion Learners have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Onebillion Learners. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Onebillion Learners?
Onebillion Learners's website listed in our register data is https://onebillion.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Onebillion Learners's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Onebillion Learners's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Onebillion Learners's money come from?
Onebillion Learners reported £1.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.5m (92%), other income £93k (6%), investments £34k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Onebillion Learners?
The register records Onebillion Learners as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Onebillion Learners's trustees paid?
Onebillion Learners's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Onebillion Learners registered as a charity?
Onebillion Learners was entered on the register on 3 December 2014. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 09040143).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.