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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -10 ?

OPPORTUNITY MICROFINANCE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 

OMIL is the investment vehicle of Opportunity International. OMIL was established to achieve the general objective of Opportunity International which is to relieve poverty abroad, in particular by assisting poor persons in the establishment of small businesses and trade.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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£0£1,066£-1,066n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£456£43£413n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£630£94£536£0£2,740£5426900
31/12/19£100£379£-279n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£1,125£50£1,074£0£2,483£23255.400
31/12/17£387£148£239£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£110£95£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£1,574£10,904£-9,329£4£1,155£2750.300
31/12/14£795£393£402£4£10,484£3119.500
31/12/13£1,903£4£1,899£4£11,153£141385.700
31/12/12£1,899£162£1,737£4£9,254£14610.800
31/12/11£587£1,492£-905£5£7,517£1501.200
31/12/10£3,428£513£2,916£3£8,421£3718.700
31/12/09£1,888£5£1,883£5£5,506£-20-47.200
31/12/08£2,194£2,190£4£4£3,623£-15-0.100
31/12/07£632£535£97£4£1,432£-11-0.300
31/12/06£300£3£297£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£0£3£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£71£4£68£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.opportunity.org

UKinfo@opportunity.org

01865725304

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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Congo (Democratic Republic), Ghana, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 66-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2003, number: 1098392
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/01/2003, number: 04627098
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

ANGEL COURT
81 ST CLEMENTS
OXFORD
OX4 1AW

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION TO POOR PERSONS OF ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR APPROPRIATE SMALL BUSINESSES. APPROPRIATE IN THIS CONTEXT SHALL MEAN SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY AND PRIMARILY EMPLOYING POOR PERSONS WHERE THERE IS OTHERWISE INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT TO RELIEVE THEIR POVERTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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