Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

WOOLF INSTITUTE 

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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £6,769,867 available, equivalent to 73 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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
31/08/22£1,197£1,107£90£25£8,581£6,77073.4110
31/08/21£878£1,122£-243£36£7,800£6,99874.9130
31/08/20£1,479£1,240£239£11£7,823£6,45962.5173
31/08/19£1,796£1,421£375£153£7,606£6,36153.7141
31/08/18£1,415£1,201£214£173£7,119£6,27462.7141
31/08/17£2,706£1,160£1,546£316£6,901£00130
31/08/16£2,167£1,091£1,076£314£5,321£871150
31/08/15£2,811£938£1,873£205£4,191£50.1110
31/08/14£1,681£819£862£203£2,333£-15-0.2130
31/08/13£511£720£-209£126£1,426£-20-0.3120
31/08/12£699£759£-59£106£1,567£1883120
31/08/11£505£587£-82£32£1,556£1873.8120
31/08/10£508£534£-26£58£1,610£1834.1100
31/08/09£1,389£527£862£87£1,524£1844.2100
31/08/08£724£418£306£418£662£1183.490
31/08/07£434£278£156£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06*£262£253£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£339£318£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£183£213£-30£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 126%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 73.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 11 employees

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 22/04/2022
Woolf Encounters, Digital Strategy
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 09/04/2021
Woolf Encounters, Digital Strategy

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-79
  • SARAH YAMANI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Investment Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/05/1998, number: 1069589
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/04/1998, number: 03540878
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 25 days late,
Main office

The Woolf Institute
Madingley Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0UB

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:- (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF: (A) STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND HISTORIES OF THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM FAITHS; AND (B) WAYS OF IMPROVING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG JEWS CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.(2) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES (IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHEREBY MEMBERS OF THESE FAITHS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN DISCUSSION AND INVESTIGATE AREAS OF MUTUAL CONCERN).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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