Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -16 ?

DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION RESEARCH ADVICE 

DEVRA is a charitable organisation that provides technical assistance to community-based initiatives and NGOs working on civil society development, poverty reduction, healthcare, human rights, education and related social development projects in the developing world
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 16 years

www.devra.org

george.goldstein@BTCONNECT.COM

07932677108

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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
31/03/22*£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£1£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£14£16£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£43£39£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£0£2£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£3£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£6£4£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ethiopia, Nepal,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2008, number: 1126008
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 61 days late, AR20: 76 days late, AR19: 70 days late, AR18: 43 days late, AR17: 113 days late, AR16: 155 days late, AR15: 116 days late, AR13: 76 days late, AR12: 91 days late,
Main office

Flat 43
Cumberland Mansions
Nutford Place
London
W1H 5ZB

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE THEORIES, METHODS AND PRACTICE OF EVALUATION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE CAPACITY FOR UNDERSTANDING AND STANDARDS OF EVALUATION PREDOMINANTLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. EVALUATION MEANS THE SYSTEMATIC AND OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF AN ONGOING OR COMPLETED PROJECT, PROGRAMME OR POLICY; ITS DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS TO DETERMINE THE RELEVANCE AND FULFILMENT OF OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY.2) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND OCEANIA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3) THE RELIEF OF THE SICK-POOR LIVING IN AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA OR OCEANIA EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL, AFRICA, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE AND OCEANIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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