Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE FOUNDATION 

The Foundation's strategic aim is to invest in the community by building partnerships with charities across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on charities that use education, art and sport to engender lasting social change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/12/22£395£370£26n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£371£378£-7n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/20*£291£318£-26n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/19£291£279£12n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/12/18£283£264£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£240£244£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16?£248£256£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£167£165£1£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.columbiathreadneedle.co.uk/foundation

Volunteering@columbiathreadneedle.com

02074645650

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-54
  • LAURA COOK (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Services
  • SOPHIE JANE FIORI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Lead, Responsible Investment
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2014, number: 1158970
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/12/2013, number: 08825712
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR14: 242 days late,
Main office

Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
LONDON
EC4N 6AG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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