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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE MAGISTRATES ASSOCIATION 

Promoting awareness of magistrates/the magistrates' courts serviceDeveloping guidance/protocols to improve the delivery of justice in Magistrates' courtsProviding information/advice to magistratesConsulting magistrates/responding to proposals which affect the delivery of justiceEducating the public through community-based presentations, publications and events
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,898,660 available, equivalent to 59 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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
30/06/23£573£995£-422£0£4,909£4,89959.110175
30/06/22£589£764£-175£0£5,266£5,20981.8120
30/06/21£619£813£-194£0£5,652£5,60382.71250
30/06/20£706£920£-215£10£5,480£5,443711255
30/06/19£702£855£-153£0£5,770£91512.81250
30/06/18£627£779£-152£7£5,907£1,03415.9110
30/06/17£707£786£-79£6£6,045£6,01491.8120
30/06/16£756£934£-179£6£1,480£1,44818.6130
30/06/15£796£1,115£-318£46£1,888£1,85620120
30/06/14£927£905£22£37£2,256£2,22529.5120
30/06/13£912£979£-66£42£2,145£2,11025.990
30/06/12£1,019£1,047£-28£44£2,125£2,06023.690
30/06/11£1,131£1,231£-99£47£2,156£2,13520.8100
30/06/10£1,095£1,110£-15£48£2,042£2,00621.7100
30/06/09£1,221£1,151£70£58£1,846£1,82919.1100
30/06/08£1,091£1,129£-38£44£2,074£2,06221.9100
30/06/07£1,096£1,123£-26£54£2,380£2,36625.3100
30/06/06£1,039£1,078£-39£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£1,208£1,211£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£1,110£1,201£-91£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 59.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Established: 56 years

www.magistrates-association.org.uk

info@magistrates-association.org.uk

02073872353

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Professional associations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 175 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/09/1968, number: 216066
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

10a Flagstaff House
St George Wharf
Vauxhall
London
SW8 2LE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED AND INCORPORATED ARE TO PROMOTE THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) EDUCATING AND INSTRUCTING MAGISTRATES AND OTHERS IN THE LAW, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS AND THE BEST METHODS OF PREVENTING CRIME; AND (B) ISSUING PUBLICATIONS AND PROMOTING CONFERENCES AND DISCUSSIONS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

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