Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

    THE ERNEST KLEINWORT CHARITABLE TRUST 

    A grant making charity with general charitable purpose, principally giving support to those operating in the county of Sussex, or working in the fields of wildlife and environmental conservation (national and international).
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates all of its income

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile recently

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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?£646£2,258£-1,611£0£71,001£2,74014.620
    31/03/21£612£2,105£-1,493£0£71,127£6103.520
    31/03/20£742£2,301£-1,559£0£58,929£1,8159.520
    31/03/19£780£2,410£-1,630£69£62,841£1,5747.810
    31/03/18£862£2,038£-1,176£0£61,860£7274.310
    31/03/17£1,500£2,137£-637£0£62,097£1,6139.100
    31/03/16?£1,775£2,013£-238£0£56,526£2,03112.100
    11/03/15£1,890£1,691£198£19£58,003£2,05114.600
    11/03/14*£1,762£1,717£44£35£55,621£1,63611.400
    11/03/13£1,544£1,520£24£34£56,026£1,59112.600
    11/03/12£1,429£1,575£-146£33£51,294£1,36810.400
    11/03/11£1,421£1,427£-7£33£50,696£1,32211.100
    11/03/10£1,258£1,484£-225£33£48,467£1,1459.300
    11/03/09£1,509£1,288£221£28£37,885£1,97218.400
    11/03/08£1,471£1,237£234£31£51,041£1,58215.400
    11/03/07£1,427£1,013£414£29£52,183£1,14913.600
    11/03/06£1,207£972£235£0£0£0n/a00
    11/03/05£1,145£1,169£-24£0£0£0n/a00
    11/03/04£1,197£1,381£-183£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 0%
    Liabilities/Income: 68%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
    Reserves/Spending: 14.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 6.5
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 2 years

    www.ekct.org.uk

    grants@ekct.org.uk

    07539701577

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    Where it operates
    • Scotland, Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 2 employees

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2021, number: 1197205
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment 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
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR14: 19 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from THE ERNEST KLEINWORT CHARITABLE TRUST on 25/05/2022
    Main office

    Knill James Chartered Accountants
    1 Bell Lane
    LEWES
    BN7 1JU

    Objectives

    THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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