Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts overdue -5
Deficit latest year: -2

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -3

WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST

The objects for which the charity exists relate to the advancement of the art of literature for the public benefit. We foster & promote literature of merit written by women in all its forms, including by the encouragement of diversity & greater gender equality amongst writers & by the award of an annual prize for a full length novel written by a woman of any nationality & published in English.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/06/22		£559	£702	£-143	£102	£103	£103	1.8	12	10
30/06/21		£556	£575	£-19	£141	£245	£245	5.1	12	10
30/06/20		£468	£291	£177	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/19	*	£526	£437	£88	£0	£88	£88	2.4	12	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 18.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 5 years
(25 years as a company)

https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

02072217883

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

12 employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£50,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Department for Work and Pensions - PERMISSION MACHINE
£12,192	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
£51,039	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-57

ALICESON ROBINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Headhunter

RAIFA RAFIQ Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lawyer

ANITA ANAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Broadcaster/Author

FELICITY JOANNA FRANCES BLUNT LLB Appointed: 2012

JOANNA MELANCY LYNDON PRIOR MA CANTAB (Chair) Appointed: 2012

SANDEEP KAUR MAHAL BA HONS Appointed: 2017

SCARLETT CURTIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Writer

ALISON BARROW BA HONS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Pr Director

ANNA MARIE LEONTIA OLLARD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Global Marketing Director

DEBBIE WOSSKOW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Founder

LOUISE ANNA JURY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Communications & Strategy

SARAH DAVIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeship: THE UNITED KINGDOM COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2018, number: 1181253
Registered at Companies House on 05/01/1999, number: 03691656

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR19: 57 days late,

Main office

6 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A3DJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF LITERATURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE LITERATURE OF MERIT WRITTEN BY WOMEN IN ALL ITS FORMS, INCLUDING BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DIVERSITY AND GREATER GENDER EQUALITY AMONGST WRITERS AND BY THE AWARD OF AN ANNUAL PRIZE FOR A FULL LENGTH NOVEL WRITTEN BY A WOMAN OF ANY NATIONALITY AND PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH.

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