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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST 

The Social Business Trust is a partnership of world class businesses who share a common goal - to use their combined resources and experience to help accelerate the growth of ambitious social enterprises, increasing social impact and making sustainable positive change.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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
31/05/23£6,274£6,501£-227£112£634£6271.26403
31/05/22£4,317£4,150£167£137£861£8562.55250
31/05/21£3,757£3,597£160£179£694£6902.36150
31/05/20*£3,450£3,431£19£131£533£5291.95100
31/05/19£2,954£3,090£-135£151£515£4561.84100
31/05/18£403£736£-334£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£997£923£73£439£984£98412.840
31/05/16£947£791£156£121£911£91113.860
31/05/15£2,401£2,209£192£206£779£7794.260
31/05/14£3,304£3,139£165£192£586£5862.260
31/05/13£2,413£2,144£269£152£422£4222.430
31/05/12£2,264£2,465£-201£153£153£1530.720
31/05/11£1,255£902£353£196£353£3534.710
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 38.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

www.socialbusinesstrust.org

joanne@socialbusinesstrust.org

07733 432970

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 403 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
Nesta - AC00395
£11,998 25/03/2014
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund programme grant to Social Business Trust Grant Ref AC00395

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-65
  • JAMES HADLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/06/2010, number: 1136151
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/05/2010, number: 07242976
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR20: 7 days late,
Main office

Sayer Vincent Llp
110 Golden Lane
LONDON
EC1Y 0TG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PURSUE ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT BY ANY MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING GRANTS OR OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, MATERIALS OR ASSISTANCE IN KIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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