Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND CIVILISATION UK 

1. Prevention or relief of poverty;2. For the public benefit to promote the education in such ways as the trustees think fit;3. Such other charitable purposes as the trustees in the absolute discretion decide.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
30/04/22£103£14£89n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/04/21£122£28£94n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/04/20*£4£42£-39n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/19*£38£46£-8n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/04/18*£75£84£-9£0£0£0n/a010
30/04/17£40£34£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£63£3£61£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£5£1£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

01612487877

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/09/2014, number: 1158509
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/04/2014, number: 09010551
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR20: 6 days late, AR19: 48 days late, AR18: 27 days late,
Main office

9 Conyngham Road
Manchester
Lancashire
M14 5DX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND / OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) EDUCATION RELATING TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE; AND(3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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