Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
Grant making
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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£1,623£2,612£-988£0£25,436£0n/a60
05/04/22£1,643£1,775£-132£0£27,452£0n/a80
05/04/21£1,868£2,314£-445£0£26,442£0n/a90
05/04/20£1,866£4,111£-2,245£0£21,548£0n/a10
05/04/19£1,652£1,530£122£0£26,530£0n/a80
05/04/18£1,529£1,422£107£0£25,187£0n/a90
05/04/17£1,632£1,735£-103£0£24,633£0n/a10
05/04/16£861£991£-130£0£22,012£0n/a90
05/04/15£761£882£-121£6£23,126£0n/a10
05/04/14£1,191£1,298£-107£6£19,717£0n/a10
05/04/13£1,028£1,109£-81£6£17,185£0n/a00
05/04/12£558£790£-232£6£14,878£0n/a00
05/04/11£260£157£102£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£1,344£1,406£-62£5£12,127£0n/a10
05/04/09£2,296£2,351£-56£5£10,587£0n/a10
05/04/08£537£572£-35£5£14,417£0n/a10
05/04/07*£773£806£-34£5£15,878£0n/a10
05/04/06*£211£873£-662£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£178£812£-634£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£177£729£-553£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 84%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 27 years

info@sfct.org.uk

02074100330

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 6 employees

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 09/12/1996, number: 1059652
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Tru
THE PEAK
5 Wilton Road
LONDON
SW1V 1AP

Objectives

TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES AMY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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