Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 17

FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

Friends International Ministries is an evangelical mission agency dedicated to encouraging and equipping UK churches to care for and support international students and to share with them the Christian faith.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received Government grants
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	£2,552	£2,349	£203	£58	£1,560	£1,529	7.8	79	1,000
31/12/21	£1,893	£2,159	£-266	£48	£1,357	£1,320	7.3	74	1,000
31/12/20	£1,779	£1,947	£-167	£45	£1,623	£1,595	9.8	70	1,000
31/12/19	£1,716	£1,723	£-7	£45	£1,791	£1,774	12.4	64	1,000
31/12/18	£1,582	£1,512	£70	£21	£1,798	£1,795	14.2	58	1,000
31/12/17	£2,052	£1,487	£565	£22	£1,728	£1,725	13.9	59	0
31/12/16	£1,490	£1,373	£117	£20	£1,163	£1,160	10.1	60	0
31/12/15	£1,455	£1,426	£29	£23	£1,047	£1,045	8.8	60	0
31/12/14	£1,425	£1,374	£51	£22	£797	£774	6.8	56	0
31/12/13	£1,348	£1,365	£-16	£23	£746	£728	6.4	55	0
31/12/12	£1,357	£1,359	£-2	£29	£762	£762	6.7	56	0
31/12/11	£1,235	£1,320	£-85	£23	£764	£764	6.9	50	0
31/12/10	£1,403	£1,342	£60	£26	£679	£679	6.1	49	0
31/12/09	£1,158	£1,260	£-102	£28	£618	£618	5.9	44	0
31/12/08	£1,187	£1,230	£-43	£37	£720	£720	7	43	0
31/12/07	£1,222	£1,147	£75	£24	£763	£763	8	43	0
31/12/06?	£1,168	£1,070	£98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£969	£890	£79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£873	£834	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 14.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 22 years

www.friendsinternational.uk

info@friendsinternational.uk

01920460006

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

79 employees
1,000 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-67

IAN MASSON ROBERTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ned/Retired Solicitor

MATTHEW EAST Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

HENRY TSZ FUNG LU Appointed: 2016, Occupation: General Director

NATASHA RAYAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Minister (World Mission)

SARA PRISCILLA SLATER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Occupational Therapist (Retired)

STROMA BEATTIE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Gp, Other trusteeship: OMF INTERNATIONAL (UK),

GEOFFREY PETER JOHN SPENCE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: DANBURY MISSION CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/2002, number: 1094095
Registered at Companies House on 31/07/2002, number: 04500270

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

26/04/2012 - Asset transfer in from SOUTH WESSEX INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WORK
02/09/2016 - Asset transfer in from CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
29/11/2022 - Asset transfer in from AGAPE ASIA TRUST

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from AGAPE ASIA TRUST on 29/11/2022

Main office

ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
EASNEYE
WARE
SG12 8LX

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:-TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED THE TRUSTEES) MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN WITNESS TO STUDENTS FROM OTHER NATIONS STUDYING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (OR IN SUCH OTHER COUNTRY WHERE THE CHARITY MIGHT OPERATE), AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (PLEASE SEE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ON FILE FOR DETAILS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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