Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

JFS DEVELOPMENT CHARITABLE TRUST 

Provide resourses to advance the education of students through funding various programmes and building works at JFS School.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • 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
31/03/23£1,486£1,777£-291£14£444£444300
31/03/22*£1,610£2,633£-1,023£3£855£8553.900
31/03/21*£1,719£2,524£-804£23£1,755£1,7558.300
31/03/20*£2,036£2,161£-125£21£2,129£2,12911.800
31/03/19*£96£219£-123n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£86£316£-230£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£99£1,286£-1,186£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£105£448£-343£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£127£665£-538£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£215£1,077£-862£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£203£928£-724£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£251£437£-186£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£300£57£243£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£788£2,487£-1,699£4£5,025£3,80218.300
31/03/09*£276£495£-219£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£347£683£-335£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£607£920£-313£3£7,293£3,6844800

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 18 years
(24 years as a company)

02082063100

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Brent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-74
  • ISHAI NOVICK (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2006, number: 1114730
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/2000, number: 03942126
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR22: 52 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 1 days late, AR19: 3 days late, AR18: 2 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 3 days late, AR15: 27 days late, AR14: 33 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR12: 13 days late, AR09: 0 days late, AR08: 26 days late,
Main office

J F S SCHOOL
THE MALL
HARROW
HA3 9TE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL BY THE ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT, TEACHING AND FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION IN ADDITION TO THOSE PROVIDED OUT OF PUBLIC FUNDS ('THE OBJECTS').

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LONDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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