Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION 

For such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit. The core aim of the Foundation however is to support children and young people through education and training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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
05/04/23£744£744£0£0£12,462£0n/a20
05/04/22£209£774£-565n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£611£611£0£0£10,836£0n/a10
05/04/20£440£440£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19*£368£417£-50n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18*£78£442£-363£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£80£373£-293£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16*£66£271£-204£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£84£226£-141£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14*£80£138£-58£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£1,782£140£1,642£2£5,177£40.400
05/04/12£66£199£-132£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11*£658£83£575£2£3,251£00.100
05/04/10£163£54£109£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09*£958£111£847£1£2,089£0n/a00
05/04/08*£24£138£-114£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£521£146£375£1£1,482£0n/a30
05/04/06£1,010£6£1,004£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: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 72.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 19 years

www.buffinichao.com

trustees@buffinichao.com

07493 652270

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 2 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2005, number: 1111022
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR19: 48 days late, AR18: 37 days late, AR16: 20 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR11: 144 days late, AR09: 97 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 183 days late,
Main office

THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION
PO BOX 1427
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 9FP

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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