Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE EAST TO WEST TRUST

To bring Hope to young lives, that are vulnerable or 'at risk'. Actively pursuing emotional, physical and spiritual wholeness for young people.To be a compassionate response to the needs of vulnerable or 'at risk' young people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£924£1,016£-92£3£129£8712915
31/08/22£695£675£20£7£221£1492.72115
31/08/21£566£432£134£1£201£1684.72916
31/08/20£387£398£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£349£345£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£353£335£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£306£367£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£427£421£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£417£433£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£382£369£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£307£327£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£295£250£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£290£277£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£266£230£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

www.easttowest.org.uk

info@easttowest.org.uk

01784438007

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, Windsor And Maidenhead,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
Community Foundation for Surrey£31,520
DCMS£9,995
CAF£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The East To West Trust
£1,370 21/10/2023
We would like to continue to support every young person to have the opportunity to experience hope. Hope that the challenges they're facing will ease or end and hope for a brighter future.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to east to west
£2,883 22/10/2022
Working across six Spelthorne secondary schools, Relational Support Work gives young people a safe space with a trusted person to talk about issues they face and the chance to begin resolving them.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Team Leads
£10,000 17/10/2022
Funding towards the salary costs of new Team Leaders to increase the capacity of an charity supporting the mental health needs of young people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 22/07/2022
Core Costs - east to west - Supporting the Growth
Community Foundation for Surrey - Head of Schools
£4,000 27/10/2021
7
Funding toward the Head of Schools salary, at a charity that works with schools to help children improve their mental health.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Schools Lead - Relational Support Work
£3,201 25/07/2021
11
An added day of salary costs for the School Lead Role at a charity that works with schools to help children improve their mental health.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 12/02/2021
Core Costs
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Mental Wellbeing
£9,319 28/07/2020
6
Salary costs for 2 new roles to expand the services of a charity providing youth work for vulnerable young people
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,995 15/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
CAF - Grant to The east to west Trust
£7,500 17/04/2020
3
Grant to The east to west Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
Heathrow Community Trust - Care and support for children, young people and families during Covid19.
£2,500 03/04/2020
6
Working in partnership with the schools, we’re contacting those students we work with to continue the support in a virtual setting – at present this is via a phone call, this enables us to continue to provide support whilst keeping both our ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Mental wellbeing
£5,000 01/04/2020
Salary costs to help a charity support young people who are suffering during the Covid-19 crisis, using new practises
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The east to west Trust
£4,338 19/11/2018
We would like to place a Relational Counsellor in a local primary school to support their wellbeing and help them engage with education.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Relational Support Work in Thomas Knyvett College
£10,586 05/07/2018
11
Relational Support Work in Thomas Knyvett College
Community Foundation for Surrey - Cycle Apprenticeship Project
£5,000 25/01/2018
23
Cycle apprenticeship project for young people who are at risk of being NEET.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Relational Support Worker - Thomas Knyvett College
£5,000 10/07/2017
7
Relational Support in Thomas Knyvett College (TKC)
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The East to West Trust Ltd
£50,000 08/10/2014
East to West provides a range of support services for young people in Surrey and Windsor and Maidenhead. It is seeking support for its Supported Lodgings service providing support and accomodation with host families for homeless young people aged ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-66
  • ALISON JEAN MATTS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Teacher
  • EMILY DODSWORTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Manager At Mastercard Ltd
  • LYNDA DONALDSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • MATTHEW KANE ARMSBY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/2009, number: 1131229
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2009, number: 06972769
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

UNIT 4a
80 HIGH STREET
EGHAM
SURREY
TW20 9HE

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(I) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(II) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.(B) TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING AND POVERTY CONSEQUENT UPON THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL. LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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