Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

OUR SANSAR LIMITED 

Mission:

We work to provide education, shelter and welfare to the most disadvantaged children in Nepal for whom little or no help is forthcoming.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
05/04/23£246£206£41n/an/an/an/an/a10
05/04/22£206£189£17n/an/an/an/an/a8
05/04/21£131£119£12n/an/an/an/an/a7
05/04/20£129£115£13n/an/an/an/an/a12
05/04/19£100£117£-17n/an/an/an/an/a20
05/04/18*£109£113£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£133£155£-22£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£205£143£62£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£116£113£3£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£114£102£11£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£114£102£11£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£106£104£3£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£100£101£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.oursansar.org

OURSANSAR@OURSANSAR.ORG

07940773022

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What it does
Our Sansar is a UK-based non-governmental organisation working to provide education, welfare and shelter to the most disadvantaged children in Nepal for whom little or no help is forthcoming. At the moment we are focusing on programmes in Province 2: 1)Street Children Programme; 2) Children's Protection Centre for girls affected by violence; 3) End to Child Labour; 4) Education Programme
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nepal,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

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
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Our Sansar
£20,000 30/01/2020
24
Funding of transit home for street children in Nepal to aid reintegration and prevent child traficking

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-54
  • MANDEEP DEV Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Financial Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2009, number: 1132124
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/2009, number: 06930451
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR18: 7 days late,
Main office

35 New England Road
BRIGHTON
BN1 4GG

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF THE PUBLICANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF GOODS AND MATERIALS2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY THEPROVISION OF TEACHER AND TRAINER PLACEMENTS AND OTHEREDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES3) FOR ANY SUCH OTHER PURPOSES DEEMED CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OFENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIMEDETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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