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Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION 

Farming's oldest and largest charity providing tailored support to those in need in the farming community, across England and Wales, who work and have worked in agriculture and their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £68,494,316 available, equivalent to 83 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised


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Established: 61 years

www.rabi.org.uk

info@rabi.org.uk

01865724931

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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£5,830£9,939£-4,109£2,577£76,272£68,49482.7112589
31/12/21£6,322£7,909£-1,587£2,127£86,109£77,426117.5133878
31/12/20£5,770£7,904£-2,134£2,280£82,893£75,316114.3143883
31/12/19£7,114£8,406£-1,292£2,134£82,991£75,430107.7148861
31/12/18£7,628£7,284£344£1,976£62,546£56,84093.6144841
31/12/17£8,446£6,608£1,838£772£70,229£63,581115.51020
31/12/16£6,036£6,407£-371£719£66,408£59,989112.4980
31/12/15£5,680£5,810£-130£705£63,021£56,838117.4960
31/12/14£6,464£5,984£480£572£62,683£56,824114900
31/12/13£6,340£6,357£-17£535£61,370£55,948105.6920
31/12/12£10,551£5,729£4,822£520£56,798£51,977108.9840
31/12/11£5,117£5,161£-44£514£47,745£42,93299.8830
31/12/10£5,105£5,033£72£1,068£46,654£41,59199.2880
31/12/09£6,330£4,879£1,452£856£42,241£37,32991.8870
31/12/08£5,162£4,913£249£943£37,448£32,58979.6870
31/12/07£5,040£5,471£-432£813£45,182£39,74287.2790
31/12/06£4,005£4,054£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£5,341£3,955£1,386£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,517£3,853£-336£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 74.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 82.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 12.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 112 employees
  • 589 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
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 11/01/2021
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI)
£50 04/12/2020
In memory of Alf Lee. From the F Laing Family Trust.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1963, number: 208858
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from GRANTHAM AND DISTRICT YOUNG FARMERS' 1977 SILVER JUBILEE CHARITY FUND on 18/11/2020
  • Asset transfer in from GRANTHAM AND DISTRICT YOUNG FARMERS' 1977 SILVER JUBILEE CHARITY FUND on 23/03/2022
  • Asset transfer in from MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQUESTRIAN SOCIETY on 09/02/2023
Main office

SHAW HOUSE
27 WEST WAY
BOTLEY
OXFORD
OX2 0QH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP ORDISTRESS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUCH PERSONS WHOARE, OR HAVE BEEN, EMPLOYED OR ENGAGED IN THE FARMING INDUSTRY, OR THE DEPENDANTS OFSUCH PERSONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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