As part of its contributions to the wider community, Quintessa is pleased to make donations of at least 2% of its annual profit before taxes and bonuses to charities and other good causes. Areas of focus for charitable donations include: community activities in the vicinity of Quintessa’s offices; education projects in developing countries and local to Quintessa’s offices; activities related to the scientific and mathematical disciplines underlying the work carried out by Quintessa, especially in relation to environmental and energy issues; activities promoting social mobility and diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics); and organisations that have some relationship to Quintessa employees.
In 2023 donations have been made to the following charities:
- Calvert Lakes
- CAMFED
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cranstoun
- Facial Palsy UK
- Grozone Community Garden
- Henley Music School
- In2scienceUK
- Oxfordshire Mind
- Singing Pathways
- Thrive
- Wargrave Girls Football Club
- 1st Whitegate Scout Group
In previous years Quintessa has donated to a wide range of charities including:
- The Access Project
- Acorns Children’s Hospice
- Archive Trust for Science, Mathematics and Philosophy
- Amber Phillpott Trust
- Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
- Bishopswood Special School
- Bloodhound SSC Project
- Brass for Africa
- Café Scientifique (Henley branch)
- Cancer Research UK
- Chiltern Society
- Circus Starr
- Esther Benjamins Trust
- Everyone Can
- Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
- Fix the Fells
- Freedom 4 Girls
- Gillotts School Raspberry Pi Project
- Gorse Covert Pre-school
- Henley Bowling Club
- Henley Mayor's Pensioners Christmas Party
- Henley Schools Environmental Science Competition
- Henley Youth Festival
- 1st Holmes Chapel Scout Group
- Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary
- Launchpad (Reading)
- Lyme Disease Action
- Maria Torrpakai Foundation (MTF)
- Mwezi Foundation
- Newborns Vietnam
- Nomad Youth & Community Project
- Ollie Young Foundation
- Polehampton C of E Infants School PTA
- Population Matters
- Rabbit Residence Rescue
- Ray of Hope
- Red Cross - Hurricane Irma
- Royal Berkshire Hospital Children’s Show
- Running4 Dr Ozzy (Children's Ward at Warrington & Halton Hospital)
- Sadaka
- Samaritans
- Sam's Diamonds Cancer Support
- Science Media Centre
- Sepsis Trust
- Smart Recovery
- Solving Kids Cancer
- SSNAP (Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents)
- The Cowshed
- The Spaceguard Centre
- Trinity Concert Band
- Trussell Trust
- University of Birmingham Prostate Cancer Research
- VaccinAid
- Visyon
- The Wargrave Lido
- Warrington East Explorer Scouts
- Warrington Hospital Children's Ward - CAMHS councelling room
- Woodland Trust (Small Woods at Oakwood near Warrington)
Quintessa also regularly reviews its use of open source software, donating to a selection of such projects each year.