Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 5

SOLOMON ACADEMIC TRUST

Organising seminars, conferences and public lectures on topics relating to the interaction of the Muslim and Christian faiths; teaching in universities and colleges in the UK and elsewhere; researching, writing and publishing in the area of Muslim-Christian interaction; offering library resources and guidance to students, and consultancy to leaders of faith groups and communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/04/23	£262	£366	£-103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/04/22	£312	£334	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/04/21	£371	£339	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/04/20	£374	£345	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/04/19	£357	£284	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/04/18	£303	£292	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17	£270	£288	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16	£306	£306	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	£388	£407	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14	£239	£347	£-108	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13	£360	£314	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12	£332	£261	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11	£321	£235	£86	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10	£197	£245	£-48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09	£306	£212	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.solomonacademictrust.org.uk

office@cmcsoxford.org.uk

01865548500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Muslim religious associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Oxfordshire, Scotland,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	21/08/2020	Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-74

DR KATHRYN ANN KRAFT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

DR PHILIP JOHN LEWIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Interfaith Adviser And Lecturer

DR CAROL M WALKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

DR MOHAMMED GIRMA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Researcher

JILL MARJORIE DHELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Advisor, Other trusteeship: THE CHRISTIAN MUSLIM FORUM,

REV MARK OXBROW (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Charity Director, Other trusteeships: THE OVERSEAS BISHOPRICS' FUND, LAUSANNE-ORTHODOX INITATIVE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/07/2008, number: 1124950
Registered at Companies House on 24/04/2008, number: 06576101

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Song School
109A Iffley Road
OXFORD
OX4 1EH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING:1 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE INTER-ACTION OF THE CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC FAITHS.2 THE RESEARCH OF ISSUES CONCERNING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.3 THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND TEACHING IN RELATION TO MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN INTER-ACTION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH FAITHS IN OXFORD AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

OXFORD AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

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