Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE FAIRNESS FOUNDATION 

Support charitable organisations (largely by promoting fairness as an organising principle for a good society in the UK) and develop original charitable projects
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
30/04/23£151£151£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/04/22£661£1,127£-466£0£34£340.410
30/04/21£1,421£966£455£0£500£5006.210
30/04/20£1,858£1,816£42£0£45£450.310
30/04/19£1,328£1,383£-55£0£3£3010
30/04/18£1,251£1,291£-40£0£58£580.510
30/04/17£1,403£1,335£68£0£98£980.920
30/04/16£1,314£1,331£-17£0£30£300.310
30/04/15£1,056£1,095£-39£7£43£430.510
30/04/14£882£870£12£7£80£801.110
30/04/13£760£735£25£7£65£651.110
30/04/12£807£769£38£9£40£400.620
30/04/11£840£907£-67£7£3£3020
30/04/10£898£808£90£7£70£70120
30/04/09£556£575£-19£8£-19£-19-0.430
30/04/08£469£634£-164£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£148£555£-408£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£747£779£-32£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05*£875£450£426£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04*£1,499£342£1,156£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

www.fairnessfoundation.com

mail@fairnessfoundation.com

0207 173 4393

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • 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
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-71
  • EMMA REVIE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • PETER GLADWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Group Social Impact & Investment Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/02/1995, number: 1044174
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/1994, number: 02912767
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 14 days late, AR04: 32 days late,
Main office

Stephen Lawrence Centre
39 Brookmill Road
London
SE8 4HU

Objectives

1)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY 2)TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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