Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CHARITY GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED 

charity: water is disrupting the charitable sector with a vision to reinvent charity through a radically transparent model where 100% of publicly raised funds bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries.
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Positives:

  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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£2,972£3,146£-175£0£1,837£1,7606.720
31/12/21£3,492£3,277£215£0£2,011£1,7846.520
31/12/20£2,935£2,952£-17£0£1,796£1,1264.620
31/12/19£4,395£2,961£1,434£0£1,813£3511.430
31/12/18£1,539£1,342£196£0£379£3793.420
31/12/17£1,109£926£183£0£183£1331.700

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 8 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 2 employees

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: 37-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2016, number: 1169228
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/09/2016, number: 10377607
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

CITROEN WELLS & PARTNERS
DEVONSHIRE HOUSE
1 DEVONSHIRE STREET
LONDON
W1W 5DR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HUNGER AND RELATED SUFFERING, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES AND SANITATION;(B) THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND NEED RESULTING FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASE; (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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