Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    RAKAT CT LTD

    Providing affordable accessible transport for the local community
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
    • Over half the Board have joined recently

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£608£569£39£0£464£4439.31615
    31/03/22£472£514£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£498£531£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£751£711£40£0£501£3656.22015
    31/03/19£684£668£16£0£460£3776.82013
    31/03/18£577£606£-29£0£444£2905.8190
    31/03/17£572£562£10£0£473£3196.8150
    31/03/16£568£594£-26£0£463£4068.290
    31/03/15£605£549£56£3£489£4259.390
    31/03/14£540£515£25£3£433£386990
    31/03/13£577£509£68£3£408£3588.490
    31/03/12£529£501£28£3£340£291790
    31/03/11£441£491£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£457£479£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09£577£557£19£2£384£2906.290
    31/03/08£513£509£4£2£365£2686.390
    31/03/07£542£480£62£2£361£1122.880
    31/03/06£453£412£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05*£309£313£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 15%
    Liabilities/Income: 13%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
    Reserves/Spending: 9.3 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.3
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 21 years

    www.rakat.org.uk

    info@rakat.org.uk

    02089421746

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Transport and storage activities
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To RAKAT CT Ltd
    £32,220 01/03/2022
    36
    To help provide accessible group transport for the community and voluntary organisations in the London Borough of Richmond.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 45-73
    • CAROLINE MARGARET CHARLTON (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Consultant
    • HOWARD PHILIP GOODER Appointed: 2022
    • JULIA MARY THOMAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Transportation Service Professional
    • JULIE ELIZABETH HITCHCOCK Appointed: 2022
    • MUSTAFA AHMET VAHDETTIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
    • STEPHEN BAUGHAN Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Accountant
    • SUSANNA ANTONIA BELLINO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Service Advisor
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2004, number: 1102302
    • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/2003, number: 04673954
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • 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
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,
    Main office

    LIZ MILLS DEPOT
    32 WELLINGTON CRESCENT
    NEW MALDEN
    SURREY
    KT3 3NE

    Objectives

    TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR SUCH OF THE INHABITANTS OF RICHMOND AND KINGSTON AND SURROUNDING LOCALITIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    RICHMOND UPON THAMES, KINGSTON, GREATER LONDON

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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