Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THAMES FOUNDATION 

Grant making trust
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,746,516 available, equivalent to 85 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 23 years

02073510719

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/12/22£546£246£300£0£1,747£1,74785.201
31/12/21£414£179£235n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/20£169£60£109n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£201£68£133n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/18£169£104£65£0£0£0n/a01
31/12/17£128£188£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£123£119£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£282£186£97£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£153£218£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£197£245£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£1,374£464£909£0£977£97725.200
31/12/11£265£261£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£429£487£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£295£261£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£199£253£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£235£225£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£159£97£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£126£157£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£189£120£69£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: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 85.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 97 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2001, number: 1088012
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 52 days late, AR12: 5 days late, AR04: 60 days late,
Main office

2 CHELSEA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
SW3 4LG

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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