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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE CHARITIES ADVISORY TRUST 

To;- promote charitable giving through Card Aid and the Good Gifts Catalogue- provide opportunities to help others through volunteering (Knit for Peace - knitting for those in need at home and abroad)- provide advice and practical help to charities to enable them to be more effective. - create and fund income generating activities which provide employment and are sustainable.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,965,464 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
30/06/23£547£747£-201£4£2,629£1,96531.6540,000
30/06/22*£714£764£-49£57£2,796£2,12133.3640,000
30/06/21£609£725£-116£182£3,019£2,32838.5640,000
30/06/20£901£943£-42£164£2,922£2,32429.6735,000
30/06/19£840£970£-130£163£2,998£2,48630.7720,000
30/06/18£921£904£17£119£3,092£2,52333.570
30/06/17£893£1,007£-115£121£3,049£2,56430.580
30/06/16£1,019£1,004£15£125£3,002£2,43029.1150
30/06/15*£954£1,183£-229£231£2,989£2,42224.6150
30/06/14£1,172£1,317£-145£269£3,155£2,47322.5140
30/06/13£2,066£1,421£645£205£3,248£2,60922170
30/06/12£1,474£1,439£34£232£2,531£1,88915.7170
30/06/11*£1,777£1,872£-95£184£2,518£1,97512.7210
30/06/10£1,950£2,144£-194£261£2,587£1,96411190
30/06/09£2,042£1,864£178£309£2,758£1,95312.6210
30/06/08£2,886£2,685£201£423£2,608£2,0279.1230
30/06/07*£3,029£2,821£208£374£2,413£1,9398.2260
30/06/06£3,207£2,929£278£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05*£2,691£1,989£702£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£1,863£1,740£124£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 31.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 9.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 30 years

www.charitiesadvisorytrust.org.uk

people@charitiesadvisorytrust.org.uk

02077949835

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • 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 Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Angola, Dominica, Ghana, India, Israel, Kenya, Malawi, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Scotland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia, Throughout England And Wales, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 5 employees
  • 40,000 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Knit for Peace
£95,000 03/03/2021
8
This funding will allow The Charities Advisory Trust (CAT) to support approximately 30000 knitters to knit items for distribution to disadvantaged people living in the UK. The project has distinct ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Knit for Peace
£50,000 10/12/2015
11
Knit for Peace UK is an initiative of the Charities Advisory Trust. It began as an international project funded through the Good Gifts Catalogue, bringing together women of traditionally hostile ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/08/1994, number: 1040487
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/02/1994, number: 02895760
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 10 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 30 days late,
Main office

RADIUS WORKS
BACK LANE
LONDON
NW3 1HL

Objectives

(1) RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (2) ADVANCE EDUCATION (3) PRESERVE BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS OF ARCHITECTURAL MERIT (4) ASSIST CHARITIES SO THAT THEY MAY MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR ASSETS AND RESOURCES BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO TRADING AND/OR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES ON THEIR BEHALF (5) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 97(1) CHARITIES ACT 1993

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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