Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

FOUNTAIN OF PEACE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK 

Relieve poverty and advance education for children, adults and the community at large in the United Kingdom and around the world. Provide care, relief, protection, housing, medical and educational facilities for people impoverished, disadvantaged or marginalised by reason of their economic or geographical circumstances.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified 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

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
31/05/23£112£77£36n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/05/22£118£120£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/21£103£108£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20£123£117£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/19£127£115£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/18£81£71£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£126£132£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£47£70£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£49£35£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£33£29£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13£25£80£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£74£37£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£37£82£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£51£50£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£50£9£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£54£21£32£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.fountainofpeace.net

info@fountainofpeace.net

01494758998

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-75
  • ANNE BASABE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Regional Manager
  • SUSAN DODD (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Hr Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2007, number: 1117909
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/2006, number: 05801510
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
  • 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
16 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NORTH SHIELDS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP on 11/10/2023
Main office

2 Widmore Cottages
Asheridge
Chesham
HP5 2UY

Objectives

4.1 The Objects of the Charity are:4.1.1. to advance the Christian Faith; 4.1.2. the relief of poverty and sickness and the distress caused thereby among children in Africa and such parts of the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit including, but not by way of limitation, through the provision of orphanages and homes for abandoned children and such other charitable activities as the Trustees shall determine from time to time; 4.1.3. to advance education for the benefit of children disadvantaged or marginalised by reason of their economic or geographical circumstances in such parts of the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit, including, but not by way of limitation, the provision of sponsorship programmes; and4.1.4. the provision of facilities for the benefit of such local communities in Africa and the world which facilities may without limitation include the provision of child care services and meetings, lectures and classes and other forms of education, recreation and leisure time occupation, without distinction of race, sex, political, religious or other opinion and with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants as the Trustees may from time to time in their discretion determine.4.2 This Article 4 may be amended by special resolution, but only with the prior written consent of the Charity Commission. 4.3 The Statement of Faith may be amended or supplemented by a resolution of the Trustees passed by a majority of at least 75% of them, provided that any such amendments or supplemental statements shall be consistent with the Statement of Faith as at the date of adoption of these Articles.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN AFRICA AND SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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