Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified

THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND (UK) 

The charity is a grant making charity, providing grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad, funded principally by donations made by affiliate and subsidiary companies of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc and by current and retired senior employees of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year but the charity has substantial reserves available
Established: 17 years

02077741000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
30/06/22£1,722£3,237£-1,515£0£21,102£21,10278.200
30/06/21£7,588£2,479£5,108£0£22,543£22,543109.100
30/06/20£4,207£2,082£2,125£0£16,727£16,72796.400
30/06/19£2,279£1,971£307£0£13,884£13,88484.500
30/06/18£3,090£1,832£1,258£0£12,640£12,64082.800
30/06/17£1,524£1,357£168£0£11,036£11,03697.600
30/06/16£1,031£1,197£-166£0£9,634£9,63496.600
30/06/15£1,890£1,997£-107£116£8,553£8,55351.400
30/06/14£603£1,979£-1,377£137£7,779£7,77947.200
30/06/13£1,665£1,861£-196£162£9,240£9,24059.600
30/06/12£766£1,048£-282£159£8,493£8,49397.300
30/06/11£2,336£2,576£-240£124£8,826£8,82641.100
30/06/10£2,430£1,606£824£131£8,732£8,73265.200
30/06/09£1,933£6,903£-4,970£157£6,400£6,40011.100
30/06/08£13,040£1,674£11,366£336£10,862£10,86277.900

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 78.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, United States,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2007, number: 1120148
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/07/2007, number: 06314343
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

Goldman Sachs International
25 Shoe Lane
LONDON
EC4A 4AU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE : WORLWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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