Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL EQUALITY LIMITED 

The Centre for Global Equality (CGE) evolves an enabling environment for the innovative solutions to global challenges. Focusing on people who live on less than $3 a day, we facilitate collaborations between public and private sectors, academia and civil society. Our programmes are delivered through research, practice and innovation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/07/22£610£536£74£0£184£1844.150
31/07/21*£315£283£33n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£131£204£-73n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/07/19£167£167£0n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/07/18£209£170£39£0£0£0n/a03
31/07/17£133£104£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£93£145£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£125£156£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£248£116£132£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£100£80£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£104£106£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£86£89£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£71£76£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£68£54£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£44£39£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

www.centreforglobalequality.org

info@centreforglobalequality.org

01223 351713

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social & legal advocacy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 5 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Improving off-grid energy and water access through innovative passive-thermal technologies.
£20,039 01/04/2020
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=133930

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-70
  • AMITABH MEHTA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Advisor To International Organisations On S
  • KIMBERLY ANN GIRE (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Philanthropist And Board Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/10/2007, number: 1121067
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/02/2007, number: 06080896
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR21: 9 days late,
Main office

8C Kings Parade
Cambridge
CB2 1SJ

Objectives

3.1 TO PROMOTE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, THE RELIEF OF HUMAN POVERTY OR SUFFERING IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS OR MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE. 3.2 TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES BETWEEN VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, ACADEMIA, STUDENTS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE WIDER RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO EDUCATE THE UK PUBLIC SO AS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUMAN POVERTY OR SUFFERING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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