Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE TRUAN TRUST 

The Truan Trust offers support to young people to receive an education in Uganda. Funding is provided to assist youngsters to obtain an education who do not have any family support, such as orphans through AIDS, or where the family can only offer part support e.g. children of peasant farmers. At present most support is given to students studying at secondary or in post-secondary education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
05/04/23*£27£36£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£27£23£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21*£43£19£24n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£32£35£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£78£81£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£70£94£-23£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£90£83£6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£76£99£-23£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£117£130£-13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£144£151£-8£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£228£179£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£196£185£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£178£176£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£166£168£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£159£156£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£130£136£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£98£98£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£97£92£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£84£82£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£68£68£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
Where it operates
  • Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/1992, number: 1008373
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 80 days late, AR21: 1 days late,
Main office

Elmdale
Peldon Road
Little Wigborough
Essex
CO5 7RB

Objectives

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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