Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

COMPASSION UK CHRISTIAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT 

To advance the christian faith in all or any part of the world.The relief of poverty, suffering or distress amongst children.The education and training of children.The development of children to social and spiritual maturity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 25 years

www.compassionuk.org

info@compassionuk.org

01932836490

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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£51,136£50,101£1,035£5,902£9,373£7,8351.9164210
30/06/22£50,544£49,909£635£4,965£8,338£7,6881.8161228
30/06/21£50,836£48,901£1,935£3,576£7,703£6,7071.6152134
30/06/20£46,809£46,404£405£5,577£5,768£4,6301.2152504
30/06/19£44,463£43,819£644£5,020£5,363£4,1751.1125585
30/06/18£41,598£40,665£933£4,931£4,719£4,2961.3990
30/06/17£39,944£39,360£584£4,351£3,786£3,3251980
30/06/16£39,006£37,953£1,053£4,480£3,202£3,1311950
30/06/15£36,483£36,720£-236£4,286£2,149£2,1210.7840
30/06/14£32,182£30,905£1,277£3,541£2,386£2,3520.9800
30/06/13£28,365£28,097£268£3,443£1,109£1,0660.5790
30/06/12£27,720£27,764£-44£3,378£841£7990.3860
30/06/11£24,413£25,443£-1,030£2,809£884£7830.4790
30/06/10£23,864£23,225£640£2,456£1,914£1,5500.8610
30/06/09£16,960£17,157£-196£1,974£1,275£1,2340.9520
30/06/08£12,863£12,569£294£1,314£1,471£1,3461.3440
30/06/07£9,644£9,280£364£1,157£1,178£1,0671.4320
30/06/06£7,496£7,194£303£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£5,916£5,855£61£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£4,012£3,845£167£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 164 employees
  • 210 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-63
  • BERTRAM SINNIAH (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Diversified Financials
  • DR ANNA MASLIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Health, Development & Human Rights Adviser
  • HEDY HODSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant / Families And Children'S Pastor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/08/1999, number: 1077216
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/02/1999, number: 03719092
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LIFEPOINT CHURCH, ROOKSDOWN on 16/08/2021
  • Asset transfer in from ENCOUNTER HOUSE (ESSEX) on 17/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from GLO-BLESS on 07/03/2023
  • Asset transfer in from MECI UK on 09/05/2023
  • Asset transfer in from SALVATION OF THE LIVING ROCK REVEALED on 15/03/2024
Main office

Compassion House
Barley Way
FLEET
GU512UT

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ALL OR ANY PART OF THE WORLD (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SUFFERING OR DISTRESS AMONGST CHILDREN (INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY THE PREVENTION OF MALNUTRITION, ILLNESS AND DISEASE) (3) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN (4) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN TO SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL MATURITYNOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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