Richard Branson

The four-line truth

Lines are separate lifecycle measures and are never summed: committed = donor-published award/approved-commitment flows or signed recipient-confirmed commitments within the displayed source coverage period, including exact named commitments, plus reviewed current forward-portfolio aggregates that are never accumulated across source snapshots; awaiting = latest-FY statutory 'approved for future payment' or audited future-support-obligation balance; deployed = disclosed paid amounts, split into statutory, recipient-confirmed, and donor-reported evidence; in vehicles = transfers to controlled vehicles, DAFs, recipient foundations, or unresolved associated vehicles pending onward evidence (withheld-amount gifts counted separately). Absence of events is absence of loaded evidence, not zero giving.

Top recipients

1. The Virgin Foundation (Virgin Unite)5 grants · FY2020–FY2024 ·statutory$33.9M

Largest recipients across loaded paid line-item records; recipient names as filed (entity resolution pending). Aggregate-basis sources carry no recipient detail.

Transparency

• Publishes an open grants databaseno donor-published database loaded0/40
• Capital traceable to a named recipient100% of $33,920,29130/30
• Statutory filings carry recipient detail100% of $33,920,291 filed15/15
• Most recent evidenceFY202415/15

England & Wales charities may withhold recipient names on materiality or serious prejudice grounds, and a charitable trust may withhold recipients and amounts entirely while the settlor lives (Charities Act 2011 s.132(4)).

Voluntary points reward disclosure the donor chose — publishing an open grants database, and naming recipients. Compelled points reflect how completely and how currently their statutory filings land. The split exists because disclosure regimes differ by jurisdiction: a high compelled score is law-abiding, not generous, and a low one may reflect a rule the donor did not write.

Vehicles · 38 regulator- or Wikidata-linked

• THE VIRGIN FOUNDATIONconfirmed_ccew_recipient_audited_personal_donationsCCEW 297540 · trustee-controlled, Branson-family-associated recipient charity; Richard Branson is not a trustee; audited accounts identify his speaking-fee donations
• Virgin Atlanticno EIN claim
• Virgin Recordsno EIN claim
• Caroline Recordsno EIN claim
• Virgin Galacticno EIN claim
• Virgin Groupno EIN claim
• Virgin Americano EIN claim
• Virgin Australiano EIN claim
• Virgin Trainsno EIN claim
• Virgin Australia Holdingsno EIN claim
• Virgin Megastoresno EIN claim
• Virgin Uniteno EIN claim
• Virgin Expressno EIN claim
• V2 Recordsno EIN claim
• Virgin Mediano EIN claim
• Townhouse Studiosno EIN claim
• The Eldersno EIN claim
• Virgin Money UKno EIN claim
• Front Lineno EIN claim
• Virgin Booksno EIN claim
• Virgin Classicsno EIN claim
• Virgin Mobile Franceno EIN claim
• Virgin Media Irelandno EIN claim
• V Festivalno EIN claim
• Virgin Activeno EIN claim
• Virgin Oceanicno EIN claim
• Liquid Comicsno EIN claim
• Virgin Vacationsno EIN claim
• The Spaceship Companyno EIN claim
• Virgin Bridesno EIN claim
• Virgin Carsno EIN claim
• Virgin Cinemasno EIN claim
• Virgin Mobile UKno EIN claim
• Virgin Mobile USAno EIN claim
• Virgin Rail Groupno EIN claim
• Virgin Moneyno EIN claim
• Virgin Records Limitedno EIN claim
• Carolineno EIN claim

Provenance