Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 14

Excess liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +14

Overall GiG Score: 25

UNLIMIT HEALTH

SCI Foundation is a charity which aims to improve the health of the poorest and most marginalised societies in the world through the elimination of parasitic worm infections. It does this by supporting governments in sub-Saharan African countries to develop effective and sustainable programmes against these diseases.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity is endorsed by respected charity impact evaluators
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£10,246	£8,628	£1,618	£488	£17,264	£17,155	23.9	26
31/03/22	£7,316	£11,846	£-4,529	£434	£16,177	£16,042	16.3	27
31/03/21	£8,651	£9,002	£-351	£230	£20,454	£20,454	27.3	26
31/03/20	£6,736	£7,230	£-494	£143	£20,824	£20,824	34.6	23

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 110%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 23.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 17 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 5 years

https://www.schistosomiasiscontrolinitiative.

info@schisto.org.uk

020 8065 5630

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

International healthcare & famine relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Burundi, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

26 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-69

ARIELLE DOLEGUI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Technical Advisor

KATHRYN ELIZABETH AGER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pr Director

MAXIMILLIAN PETER MONTGOMERY SEUNIK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Start-Up Executive

JONATHAN CHARLES GORRIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee And Chair

DR JUSTINE MARGARET FRAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Executive/ Charity Trustee, Other trusteeship: PROPER JOB RESOURCE CENTRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2019, number: 1182166
Registered at Companies House on 18/01/2019, number: 11775313

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Edinburgh House
170 Kennington Lane
London
SE11 5DP

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE AFFECTED BY NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES AS DEFINED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PARASITIC WORM INFECTIONS, SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS (COLLECTIVELY NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES);3.1.2 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE SUFFERING AS A CONSEQUENCE OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES; AND 3.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE AFFECTED BY NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING TRANSMISSION AND INFECTION; BY:(A) SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS THAT SEEK TO ELIMINATE NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES; (B) SUPPORTING AND EVALUATING TREATMENT PROGRAMMES FOR NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES AND GENERATING EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMISING PROGRAMME IMPACT; AND (C) PROVIDING AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF AND ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES.

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