Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

THE JAN AND CATHERINE NASMYTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 

The objective of the Foundation is to advance such exclusively charitable purposes for the public benefit as the charitytrustees from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit. The organisation carries out its purposes by making grants to other organisations in furtherance of its purposes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £5,720,915 available, equivalent to 1421 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 7 years

02075806822

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23£1,188£48£1,140£0£5,721£5,7211420.800
31/03/22£1,140£76£1,064£0£4,743£4,743750.600
31/03/21£812£35£777£0£3,689£3,6891261.300
31/03/20£1,013£48£965£0£2,913£2,913727.600
31/03/19£500£47£453n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£1,500£6£1,494£0£1,494£1,4943162.600

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1420.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 567 months
Quick Ratio: 235.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2017, number: 1172417
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

Sinclairs Bartrum Lerner
Second Floor
34 Lime Street
London
EC3M 7AT

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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