Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION UK

UBS OF UK is committed to the well-being of children in need around the world and supports initiatives to improve their education, protection and health.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low 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
31/12/23	£148,296	£148,581	£-284	£0	£39,823	£8,230	0.7	0
31/12/22	£90,863	£60,138	£30,725	£0	£40,643	£8,962	1.8	0
31/12/21	£30,643	£29,725	£918	£0	£9,065	£956	0.4	0
31/12/20	£26,643	£25,809	£833	£0	£8,166	£1,449	0.7	0
31/12/19	£16,157	£16,107	£50	£0	£7,698	£434	0.3	0
31/12/18	£14,250	£10,407	£3,843	£0	£7,796	£537	0.6	0
31/12/17	£6,319	£5,850	£469	£0	£4,055	£413	0.8	0
31/12/16	£8,088	£9,140	£-1,052	£0	£3,586	£153	0.2	0
31/12/15	£5,732	£2,597	£3,135	£14	£4,639	£21	0.1	0
31/12/14	£2,516	£1,047	£1,468	£10	£1,469	£0	n/a	2

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 21%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 255.4

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 11 years

www.ubs.com/optimus

02075678000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Other charitable activities
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to UBS Optimus Foundation UK
£80,000	27/05/2021	Discretionary grant awarded

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-62

EDOARDO RULLI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of European Investments, Ubs Am Uk - Hedge Fu

EVA-KRISTIINA LINDHOLM ISPAHANI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

MARIA DEL PILAR ROCAFORT-VARELA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Co-Head Of Emea Advisory Sales

PAUL DOMINIC VAIL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Private Investor

VINEET BEWTRA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultancy

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/08/2013, number: 1153537
Registered at Companies House on 12/07/2013, number: 08608213

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

U B S
5 Broadgate
LONDON
EC2M 2QS

Objectives

to promote the health of children by (without limitation) preventing abuse and supporting the delivery of medical and other essential services to them; the prevention and relief of poverty by (without limitation) the provision of education to support the healthy development of children; to relieve the needs of children who are in need due to their youth, sickness or financial hardship; andany other purposes as are regarded as exclusively charitable under the law of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time see fit.

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