Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified

OPERATION MOBILISATION 

Advancement of Christian faith by equipping people for service in the UK and around the world.Support for UK personnel working with overseas partners to advance the Christian faith, relief work, education and advancement of health.Fundraising to provide grants to other overseas partners to promote the advancement of the Christian faith, relief work, education and advancement of health.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 32 years

http://www.uk.om.org/

info.uk@om.org

01691773388

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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 Volun-
teers
31/12/22£11,539£11,253£286£415£5,201£4,3814.71216
31/12/21£10,033£10,482£-449£350£4,922£3,9974.613210
31/12/20£10,005£9,293£711£394£5,370£4,0285.213710
31/12/19*£9,874£9,929£-55£488£4,622£3,5854.314210
31/12/18£11,169£10,886£283£459£4,674£3,5103.914920
31/12/17£10,798£10,356£442£440£4,389£3,4053.91520
31/12/16£10,326£10,675£-349£471£3,853£3,6564.11680
31/12/15£11,546£11,621£-75£568£4,202£4,1184.31790
31/12/14£10,266£10,843£-577£564£1,718£1,6511.82220
31/12/13£9,958£10,734£-777£629£2,295£2,2002.52150
31/12/12£10,275£9,794£480£513£3,071£2,8273.51980
31/12/11£12,360£12,776£-416£501£2,591£2,5372.41790
31/12/10£9,445£9,501£-56£551£3,007£2,7543.51570
31/12/09£9,443£9,581£-138£424£3,063£2,8533.61430
31/12/08£9,663£9,002£662£234£3,201£2,97341330
31/12/07£9,643£9,514£129£171£2,539£2,36631870
31/12/06£9,216£9,333£-117£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£9,666£9,642£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£9,257£8,727£530£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 9.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 121 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, ....more

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Operation Mobilisation
£100 20/01/2023
Donation from Vivienne Parry Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Operation Mobilisation
£50 25/11/2022
Donation from Vivienne Parry Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Operation Mobilisation
£200 02/10/2021
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Operation Mobilisation
£500 22/04/2021
Donation from Mark Webster 092756
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Operation Mobilisation
£100 15/12/2020
Donation from Vivienne Parry
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Operation Mobilisation
£1,000 29/04/2020
Donation from Ruth Farquhar (reference: Jayne and Laurens Buist)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/02/1992, number: 1008196
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/11/1990, number: 02564320
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KALJI TRUST on 09/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from LIGHT TO ALL NATIONS on 25/08/2022
  • Asset transfer in from ALUM ROCK HALL TRUST on 11/07/2023
  • Asset transfer in from RUSHMERE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP on 12/01/2024
Main office

O M United Kingdom
The Quinta
Weston Rhyn
Oswestry
SY10 7LT

Objectives

A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (PARTICULARLY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LITERACY AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS)FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE;B) THE DIRECT RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR POVERTY BY ASSISTING ANY SICK OR NECESSITOUS PERSONS;C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; ANDD) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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