Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE GAVINS FOUNDATION 

The Objects of the CIO are to preserve and protect health and relieve financial hardship in any part of the world, or for such other charitable purposes (other than charities and charitable purposes for the benefit of animals) and for the benefit of the public, as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit by making grants of money to such charities or charitable purposes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/12/22£245£354£-109n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£623£529£94£0£1,064£1,06424.120
31/12/20*£414£264£150n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£264£378£-114n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/12/18£325£85£240£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£477£75£402£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • France, Malawi, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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 (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/10/2016, number: 1169665
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR19: 65 days late,
Main office

VENTURE ONE
LONG ACRE CLOSE
HOLBROOK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
SHEFFIELD
S20 3FR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES (OTHER THAN CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANIMALS) AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO SUCH CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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