At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Non Profit companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Non Profit Companies & Startups (London)
Wellcome Trust
Founders | Sir Henry Wellcome |
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Wellcome Trust is a medical research charity that funds research that aims to protect and improving human and animal health.
Digital Catapult
Founders | Jeremy Silver, Neil Crockett |
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Digital Catapult drives early adoption of advanced digital technologies to grow the country’s economy.
Youth Business International
Founders | Unknown |
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Youth Business International helps young people to start and grow their own business and create employment.
City of London
Founders | Unknown |
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City of London Corporation is a government body that provides economic, social, and community development services.
Founders Pledge
Founders | Andy McLoughlin, Damian Kimmelman, David Goldberg, Jae Chalfin, Jason Syversen, Manuel Hinz, Mo Firouz, Stanislav Ermilov, Will Swanell |
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Founders Pledge is a global community of entrepreneurs finding and funding solution’s to the world’s most pressing problems.
CAST
Founders | Annika Small, Dan Sutch, Kieron Kirkland |
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CAST is growing the supply and demand of technology for social impact.
Raising IT
Founders | Tom Latchford |
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A flexible software platform that helps nonprofits optimise their on-line presence
CDP
Founders | Paul Dickinson, Paul Simpson |
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CDP aims to transform the way the world does business in order to prevent dangerous climate change and protect natural resources.
Colorintech
Founders | Ashleigh Ainsley, Dion McKenzie |
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Colorintech is a London-based nonprofit on a mission to diversify the European tech industry.
Avoidance of Mass Extinctions Engine
Founders | Andrew Conway, Gavin Starks, Gavin Starks |
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Amee houses is a Wikipedia-style database that enables viewers to check the financial and environmental credibility of companies.
Alice SI
Founders | Areti Kampyli, Jakub Wojciechowski, Raphael Mazet |
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Alice SI is using the approach to provide donors
TapSimple
Founders | Alexander Coleridge, Tom Montague |
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TapSimple is to help charities, fundraisers, and volunteers raise more donations in an increasingly cashless world.
Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
Founders | Ruth Plummer |
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Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is Finding more effective ways to detect and treat cancer
Mencap
Founders | Unknown |
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Mencap is a leading voice of learning disability.
Bottletop
Founders | Cameron Saul, Oliver Wayman, Roger Saul |
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Bottletop creates collections that celebrate true craftsmanship.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Founders | David Edwin Potter, Elaine Potter |
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is an independent non-profit organization that pursues in-depth journalism into organizations.
Invest In Africa
Founders | Unknown |
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Invest In Africa is a nonprofit organization that supports local businesses by offering access to finance, skills and markets.
Global Innovation Fund
Founders | Alix Zwane |
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GIF invests in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world.
School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE)
Founders | Michael Young |
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School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) Australia inspires and equips changemakers to establish, scale and sustain social ventures.
Liberty
Founders | Unknown |
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Liberty is a cross-party, membership organization focused on fundamental rights and freedoms in the United Kingdom.
Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science
Founders | Stuart Walker |
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Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science is provides an international forum for industryand other healthcare stakeholders to meet, debate
Videre
Founders | Oren Yakobovich |
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Videre is a global network that equips oppressed communities
Shell Foundation
Founders | Unknown |
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Shell Foundation is an independent UK registered charity that catalyses enterprise-based solutions to global development challenges.
Football Beyond Borders (FBB)
Founders | Jack Reynolds, Jasper Kain |
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Football Beyond Borders an education and social inclusion charity that uses young people’s passion for football to educate .
JustGiving
Founders | Anne-Marie Huby, Zarine Kharas |
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JustGiving is an online platform for charitable fundraising and non-charitable crowdfunding for good causes.
Khulisa
Founders | Unknown |
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Khulisa deliver behaviour change programmes in schools, prisons and communities.
Made In Hackney
Founders | Jayshree Bhakta, Joshana Lovage, Sarah Bentley, Veryan Wilkie Jones |
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Made In Hackney offers free community classes for people most in need.
International SOS
Founders | Arnaud Vaissie |
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International SOS is the world’s leading medical and travel security services company.
British Council(BIRAX)
Founders | Unknown |
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British Council is a government institution that promotes culture, art, education, technology, and science.
Voice 21
Founders | Peter Hyman |
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Voice 21 is a campaign to raise the status of oracy in schools across the UK.
Carers UK
Founders | Reverend Mary Webster |
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Carers UK is an innovative mobile and online app that is designed by carers for carers.
vinspired
Founders | David Blunkett, Gordon Brown |
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vinspired is the UK’s leading volunteering charity for 14 – 25 year olds.
Virgin StartUp
Founders | Richard Branson |
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Virgin StartUp is on a mission to change the prospects of start-ups, for good.
IFL Science
Founders | Elise Andrew |
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IFLScience aims to promote everything that’s cool about science with energy, passion and an irreverent point-of-view that aims to entertain.
Heath Robinson Museum
Founders | Joan Brinsmead |
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The William Heath Robinson Trust was established to conserve and exhibit the collection of the works of William Heath Robinson.
Amnesty International
Founders | Marjorie Abalos, Sherif Elsayed-Ali |
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Amnesty International is a global charity organization of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights.
trellyz
Founders | Shelley Taylor |
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trellyz, a cloud-hosted platform, powers the public services supply chain across diverse networks at scale
Prostate Cancer UK
Founders | Unknown |
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Prostate Cancer UK fights to help more men survive prostate cancer and enjoy a better quality of life.
STEP
Founders | Unknown |
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Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
State of Ambition
Founders | Darshan Sanghrajka |
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State of Ambition is a social enterprise that helps young individuals build support networks around their ambitions.
Nel
Founders | Unknown |
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Nel is an NGO that specializes in clinical, ICS, business intelligence, digital healthcare technology, data insight and business services.
Pace4Life
Founders | Unknown |
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Pace4Life is a Charity that re-uses donated pacemakers in the developing world
Diversity VC
Founders | Anna Huyghues-Despointes, Farooq Abbasi, Francesca Warner, Lillian Li, Travis Winstanley |
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Diversity VC is a non-profit partnership promoting diversity in venture capital.
Information Security Forum
Founders | Unknown |
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The Information Security Forum is an independent, not-for-profit association of organizations from around the world.
Sands
Founders | Unknown |
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Sands is a stillbirth and neonatal death charity that provides bereavement support, finding cremation records, and support for siblings.
SCOPE
Founders | Leonardo Zeaiter |
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SCOPE is the UK’s leading learning disability support charity
Riverside
Founders | Unknown |
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Riverside is a non-profit organization.
Building Lives Training Academy
Founders | Unknown |
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Building Lives is an award winning Community Interest Company and registered Social Enterprise
Engaging Networks
Founders | Graham Covington |
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Engaging Networks is the technology used by many of the world’s leading charities to power their digital strategies.
Chatham House
Founders | Unknown |
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Chatham House aims to analyze and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs.
The ONE Campaign
Founders | Bobby Shriver, Paul Hewson (Bono) |
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The ONE Campaign is an international, nonpartisan, non-profit, advocacy and campaigning organization.
The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
Founders | David Cooksey, Ronald Cohen, Tony Lorenz |
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The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is the industry body for private equity and venture capital in the UK.
Whizz Education
Founders | Unknown |
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Maths-Whizz supports whole class, small group and one-to-one teaching.
Certitude
Founders | Unknown |
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Certitude is an adult social care provider for people living with learning disabilities, autism and mental health support needs.
CoHome
Founders | Unknown |
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CoHome is the first entrepreneurial residency project that embraces the same core values as the collaborative economy.
Contact
Founders | Unknown |
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Contact is a non profit organization that supports families, bring families together and help families take action for others.
Buengo
Founders | Alex Hancock, Fela Hughes |
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Buengo is an app that allows people to sell the stuff they don’t need anymore and donate the proceeds to good causes.
Carbon Tracker
Founders | Mark Campanale |
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Carbon Tracker is a non-profit that assesses and analyzes energy transition, research, and investments in the energy and capitals market.
MedCity
Founders | Eliot Forster |
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MedCity is an enterprise that brings together the life sciences sector in the Golden Triangle to stimulate greater economic growth.
London Borough of Hackney
Founders | Unknown |
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Hackney London Borough Council is the local government authority for the London Borough of Hackney in Greater London, UK.
Italian Trade Agency
Founders | Unknown |
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The ICE-Italian Trade Promotion Agency is the government organisation which promotes the internationalisation of the Italian companies.
Dark Matter Labs
Founders | Indy Johar |
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Dark Matter Laboratories design institutional infrastructure for a distributed and collaborative future.
Unicef UK
Founders | Unknown |
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We are the world’s leading children’s organisation in the UK and around the globe.
British Bankers Association
Founders | Unknown |
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The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking sector with more than 230 member banks headquartered in over 50 countries
Catch22
Founders | Unknown |
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Catch22 has a social business providing services that help people in tough situations to turn their lives around.
Friends of the Earth Trust
Founders | Unknown |
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Friends of The Earth organizes campaigns on climate change; environmental justice; land, food, and water; and nature.
Oasis Foundation
Founders | Unknown |
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Oasis Foundation is a ground-breaking global Christian movement and group of charities and social enterprises.
Department for International Trade
Founders | Unknown |
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DIT is responsible for promoting UK trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us.
Believe.in
Founders | Matthias Metternich, William Cookson |
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Believe.in offers a white label technology that improves online fundraising, donation processing, and event performance.
HM Revenue & Customs
Founders | Unknown |
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HM Revenue & Customs press office.
The HALO Trust
Founders | Colin Campbell Mitchell, Guy Willoughby, Sue Mitchell |
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The HALO Trust is a humanitarian landmine clearance organization that creates safe and secure environments.
The Shipowners’ Club
Founders | Unknown |
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The Shipowners’ Club is a mutual insurance association that specializes in vessels insurance.
SEO /LONDON
Founders | Unknown |
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SEO prepares talented students or low socioeconomic backgrounds for career success.
SBC Global
Founders | Unknown |
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An organisation dedicated to raising the profile and coverage of gambling operators, software suppliers, and media portals.
YMCA
Founders | Unknown |
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YMCA is a non-profit organization that helps people by providing health and wellbeing facilities, education, accommodation, and work.
The ERA Foundation
Founders | Unknown |
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The ERA Foundation is an investment company that gives money to technology organizations to start their businesses.
West Ham United Football Club
Founders | Unknown |
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West Ham United Football Club are a professional football club in Upton Park, East London, England
Teens in AI
Founders | Elena Sinel |
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Teens in AI empowers young people to change the world through artificial intelligence for social good.
The Climate Group
Founders | Unknown |
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The Climate Group is an award-winning, international non-profit.
Micro:bit
Founders | Unknown |
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micro:bit is a tiny programmable computer, designed to make learning and teaching easy and fun!
Social Investment Business
Founders | Unknown |
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The Social Investment Business exists to raise and connect capital to achieve the maximum possible social impact in the UK.
3SC
Founders | Unknown |
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3SC wins and manages public services contracts on behalf of third sector organisations. Using a consortium model, it manages the bidding.
Wine & Spirit Education Trust
Founders | Unknown |
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Wine & Spirit Education Trust is a non-profit organization that provides courses and qualifications in wines, spirits, and sake.
Anchor Trust
Founders | Unknown |
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Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for the over-55s.
E2Exchange
Founders | Unknown |
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E2Exchange is a connection based company, introducing entrepreneurs, investors, and directors.
Compassion in World Farming
Founders | Unknown |
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Compassion in World Farming is a registered charity in England and Wales.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Founders | Unknown |
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Thomson Reuters Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides an international audience with information and free legal assistance.
APG
Founders | Unknown |
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APG is a nonprofit organization that mainly supports account planners in advertising agencies.
Royal Academy of Arts
Founders | Hugh Casson |
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The Royal Academy of Arts promotes the creation, enjoyment, and appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions, education, and debate.
GSG
Founders | Unknown |
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GSG benefits the planet and the lives by agitating, innovating and orchestrating impact investment and entrepreneurship.
Profitroom Sp. Z O.o.
Founders | Unknown |
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Profitroom Sp. Z O.o is a created a network of partner connections with many IT providers and industry in Greater London.
Funddy.com
Founders | Alex Martin, Fran Perez, Jose Pacheco, Keyvan Akbary |
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Collect funds online collaborative
Steamship Mutual
Founders | Unknown |
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Steamship Mutual provides marine insurance, P&I insurance, loss prevention and international maritime insurance services.
Notting Hill Housing Group
Founders | Unknown |
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Notting Hill Housing is a leading London housing association. We’ve been around since 1963 and now manage over 27,000 properties.
British Fashion Council
Founders | Caroline Rush |
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The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to further the interests of the British fashion industry.
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Founders | Cherie Blair |
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The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is a charity that supports women entrepreneurs in developing and emerging markets
Ally Chatbot
Founders | Mario Menti, Ned Mortimer |
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Ally Chatbot is a civic and social organization that features a software platform that utilizes artificial intelligence.
Sense
Founders | Unknown |
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Sense is a nonprofit organization that provides housing, education, support and social health care solutions for people with disabilities.
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Founders | Unknown |
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Leonard Cheshire Disability is a major health and welfare charity working in the United Kingdom.
Clarion Housing Group
Founders | Unknown |
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Clarion is a charitable, regulated housing association that deploys responsible, commercial disciplines in the way conduct business.
The Jamie Oliver Group
Founders | Unknown |
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The Jamie Oliver group of companies is responsible for ‘all things Jamie’.