Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

MOONDANCE FOUNDATION 

The Moondance Foundation allocates funds to organisations for general charitable purposes. We focus donations in the following key areas, with a bias toward Wales, care for illness/crippling diseases, children, education, elderly, environmental and poverty.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates all of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
30/11/22£32,219£20,962£11,257£0£371,988£371,98821310
30/11/21£77,329£18,189£59,140£0£485,391£485,391320.210
30/11/20£43,512£15,901£27,610£0£418,035£418,035315.510
30/11/19£39,984£11,708£28,276£0£309,713£309,713317.410
30/11/18£37,532£10,807£26,726£0£274,867£274,867305.210
30/11/17£34,235£10,213£24,022£0£228,369£228,369268.310
30/11/16£34,032£7,580£26,452£0£203,127£203,127321.600
30/11/15£29,888£7,321£22,567£4£151,794£151,794248.800
30/11/14£28,137£5,309£22,829£4£99,655£99,655225.300
30/11/13£37,422£4,976£32,446£3£78,798£78,79819000
30/11/12£20,775£3,872£16,904£4£42,235£42,235130.900
30/11/11£38,692£966£37,725£4£21,972£21,972272.800

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 213 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 52 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years

www.moondancefoundation.org.uk

moondancefoundation@gmail.com

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Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 1 employee

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Forest Child
£9,900 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to run therapeutic outdoor sessions for women and families who have experienced domestic violence. The project aims to provide access to peer support and activities which ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forest Child CIC
£883 23/10/2021
We'd like to offer the required transport and resources to bring families who have survived domestic violence to woodland areas for forest school sessions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2010, number: 1139224
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/11/2010, number: 07442773
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Bevan Buckland Llp
Britannia House
Penny Lane
COWBRIDGE
Vale of Glamorgan
CF71 7EG

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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