For us, it was less about the expense and more about the administrative burden. It required substantial time and effort to properly establish a new entity—e.g., get approval from the UK’s charity commission, set up a UK bank account and donation platforms, and manage ongoing administration, etc. GiveWell has more of the operations staff needed to undertake such a project than we did, say, five years ago, but it was still a long process!
Congrats! How come this didn’t happen earlier? Is it expensive to register in the UK?
Hi, freedomandutility,
For us, it was less about the expense and more about the administrative burden. It required substantial time and effort to properly establish a new entity—e.g., get approval from the UK’s charity commission, set up a UK bank account and donation platforms, and manage ongoing administration, etc. GiveWell has more of the operations staff needed to undertake such a project than we did, say, five years ago, but it was still a long process!
Best, Miranda
Thanks for the reply, good to know!