Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -12 ?

THE MAX BARNEY FOUNDATION 

Relief of unemployment through vocational training and job creation. Beneficiaries are unemployed who may be disadvantaged or marginalised. Support will be available to all, but will focus on the Jewish community via grants and investment in charities, social enterprises, businesses or any other projects. The Trustees of the Foundation may consider other applications for smaller grants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,211,994 available, equivalent to 30 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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
31/05/23£4,026£1,671£2,355£0£4,212£4,21230.300
31/05/22£2,547£1,370£1,177£0£1,857£1,85716.300
31/05/21£1,024£1,237£-212£0£706£7066.900
31/05/20£2,252£1,801£451£0£919£9196.100
31/05/19£1,201£1,589£-388£0£468£4683.500
31/05/18*£1,027£1,045£-18£0£855£8559.800
31/05/17£694£317£377£0£754£75428.500
31/05/16£19£18£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 30.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 30 months
Quick Ratio: 18.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 8 years

shraga@maxbarney.com

02075835555

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Israel, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-65
  • ALEXANDER BARD (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/11/2015, number: 1164583
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2014, number: 09041095
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
8 returns made; AR18: 9 days late,
Main office

Max Barney
168 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6HU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND & WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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