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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

BECHT FOUNDATION 

The trustees shall hold the fund and its income for such charities/charitable purposes, throughout the world, as the trustees shall determine, in particular the preservation and restoration of biodiversity and humanitarian aid for the young and disadvantaged. Educational programmes supporting the key areas of focus are also considered.
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:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £363,961,617 available, equivalent to 466 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 17 years

https://bfct.org/

thebfct@rawlinson-hunter.com

02078422000

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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£5,800£9,379£-3,578£0£363,962£363,962465.720
31/12/21£2,876£7,945£-5,069£0£396,307£396,307598.510
31/12/20?£4,403£6,141£-1,739£0£332,951£332,951650.610
03/10/19£6,194£2,309£3,884£0£280,329£280,3291456.600
03/10/18£4,839£2,716£2,123£0£283,294£283,2941251.700
03/10/17£5,996£1,877£4,119£0£268,719£268,7191717.700
03/10/16£5,303£2,717£2,586£0£274,145£274,1451210.700
03/10/15£4,464£3,088£1,376£21£225,408£225,408875.900
03/10/14£5,301£427£4,874£23£193,832£193,832544700
03/10/13£4,486£1,724£2,762£20£161,872£161,2271122.400
03/10/12£4,049£392£3,657£16£135,529£134,9964134.800
03/10/11£3,749£1,612£2,137£14£121,928£121,928907.600
03/10/10£79,898£282£79,617£12£125,625£125,6255354.100
03/10/09£1,150£213£938£9£39,743£39,7432243.300
03/10/08£26,394£161£26,233£9£34,610£34,6102582.400
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 465.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 13.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Germany, Netherlands, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 2 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2006, number: 1116657
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

C/O Rawlinson & Hunter
6 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3AQ

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE OBJECTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND IN TRUST FOR SUCH CHARITIES, OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, IN ANY PAT OF THE WORLD, AND IN SUCH PROPORTION, AND IN SUCH MANNER, AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION DETERMINE, AND IN PARTICULAR TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES WHICH RESORT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OR ELIMINATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDE FOR GREATER EDUCATION ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE RESTORATION OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OR THE ELIMINATION OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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