Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1

Only 3 Trustees: -2
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 0

THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Pears Foundation aims to benefit society by promoting understanding of key issues through research and educational programmes; driving engagement in social progress across the UK, particularly in young people and supporting organisations focused on wellbeing for everyone.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Why are there only 3 trustees?
Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£23,860	£24,367	£-507	£0	£30,384	£30,076	14.8	8	0
31/03/22		£19,699	£19,720	£-21	£0	£28,615	£28,306	17.2	7	0
31/03/21		£32,897	£32,511	£386	£0	£27,754	£26,475	9.8	10	0
31/03/20		£22,607	£21,525	£1,082	£0	£27,763	£25,806	14.4	10	0
31/03/19		£21,191	£20,187	£1,004	£0	£24,836	£23,468	14	10	0
31/03/18		£18,683	£24,592	£-5,909	£0	£22,625	£20,049	9.8	10	0
31/03/17		£18,263	£15,337	£2,926	£0	£23,025	£17,958	14.1	11	0
31/03/16		£14,926	£16,971	£-2,045	£0	£17,319	£17,254	12.2	10	0
31/03/15		£13,650	£17,144	£-3,494	£7	£17,309	£17,309	12.1	9	0
31/03/14		£10,631	£12,751	£-2,121	£7	£18,177	£18,177	17.1	9	0
31/03/13		£9,082	£10,789	£-1,707	£7	£18,662	£18,662	20.8	9	0
31/03/12		£6,457	£8,648	£-2,191	£6	£16,982	£16,982	23.6	7	0
31/03/11		£7,394	£7,713	£-319	£6	£18,706	£18,706	29.1	7	0
31/03/10	*	£7,704	£7,241	£462	£6	£14,540	£14,540	24.1	3	0
31/03/09		£4,862	£6,273	£-1,411	£5	£15,129	£15,129	28.9	3	0
31/03/08	*	£4,661	£6,085	£-1,424	£5	£13,911	£13,911	27.4	3	0
31/03/07		£3,577	£3,977	£-401	£0	£13,375	£13,375	40.4	2	0
31/03/06		£686	£3,096	£-2,409	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£180	£2,099	£-1,918	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£306	£3,025	£-2,719	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 91%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 14.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 33 years

www.pearsfoundation.org.uk

contact@pearsfoundation.org.uk

02074333333

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides other finance
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Germany, Ghana, Israel, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - CMC - Pears Foundation
£5,000,000	28/09/2020	This project has been funded as part of the Community Match Challenge, which aims to provide a match fund grant to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations for onward distribution to voluntary and community organisations to ....more This project has been funded as part of the Community Match Challenge, which aims to provide a match fund grant to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations for onward distribution to voluntary and community organisations to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable and marginalised people affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Pears Foundation Youth Club Fund
£500,000	23/09/2020 12	The Pears Foudation is an independent, British family foundation rooted in Jewish values. They promote understanding of key issues through research and education programmes, particularly with young people. This grant contributes to a partnership ....more The Pears Foudation is an independent, British family foundation rooted in Jewish values. They promote understanding of key issues through research and education programmes, particularly with young people. This grant contributes to a partnership between Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Pears Foundation in the form of a pooled Youth Club Fund.
DCMS - #iwill Fund
£1,333,333	18/11/2016	The #iwill Fund wishes to invest in a wide range and a variety of scalable and sustainable social action opportunities across the country.
DCMS - #iwill Fund
£1,333,333	18/11/2016	The #iwill Fund wishes to invest in a wide range and a variety of scalable and sustainable social action opportunities across the country.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Gender Split

DAVID ALAN PEARS

MARK ANDREW PEARS

SIR TREVOR STEVEN PEARS (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/1992, number: 1009195

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 1 days late, AR08: 0 days late, AR05: 36 days late, AR04: 67 days late,

Main office

2 OLD BREWERY MEWS
LONDON
NW3 1PZ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

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