Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL TRUST

To advance for the public benefit, and with particular regard to garment workers and their dependents throughout the world:The relief of poverty;The promotion of human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights);Raising awareness and advocating for compliance with the law and ethical standards of conduct in relation to garment workers
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£78£76£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£101£86£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£108£61£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£60£60£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£34£36£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£32£31£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£25£22£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£19£20£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.labourbehindthelabel.org/trust

info@labourbehindthelabel.org

0117 441 4245

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
The Joffe Trust - Labour Behind the Label Trust
£20,000 14/05/2021
24
To invest in individual fundraising
The Joffe Trust - Labour Behind the Label Trust
£40,000 25/01/2019
24
Strengthening unrestricted fundraising

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • JOANNA EWART-JAMES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Executive Director Of The Walk Free Movement
  • LEANNE MCNULTY Appointed: 2024
  • MALCOLM MACLEAN (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • RONAE FAGON Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH KATHARINE DALY Appointed: 2019
  • SHARON MITCHESON Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2014, number: 1159356
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FASHION REVOLUTION FOUNDATION on 08/04/2024
Main office

The Old Co-op
38-42 Chelsea Road
Easton
Bristol

Objectives

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO GARMENT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(B) THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS); AND(C) COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AND ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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