Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

EWING FOUNDATION 

The charity supports the natural aural approach to the education of deaf children with its educational consultants and audiological technicians.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,632,371 available, equivalent to 52 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

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£674£611£63£43£2,638£2,63251.770
31/03/22£249£507£-257n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£304£481£-177n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£334£565£-231n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£526£549£-23£0£3,179£3,17969.570
31/03/18£548£586£-38£0£3,245£3,24566.480
31/03/17£491£545£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£495£455£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£2,269£443£1,826£5£3,182£3,03282.180
31/03/14£146£419£-273£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£548£420£128£10£1,574£1,42440.760
31/03/12£960£359£601£7£1,269£1,26942.460
31/03/11£313£345£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£392£348£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£213£343£-130£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£365£356£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£179£349£-169£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£282£286£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£159£306£-147£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£423£428£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 51.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years

www.ewing-foundation.org.uk

brianarter@ewing-foundation.org.uk

01273301929

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 7 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/10/1963, number: 226746
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

15 GREAT COLLEGE STREET
LONDON
SW1P 3RX

Objectives

(A) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO DEAFNESS AND INTO THE CAUSES OF AND CURES (COMPLETE OR PARTIAL) OF DEAFNESS ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF CHILDREN AND (B) RESEARCHES INTO AND THE INVENTION TRIAL PROVISION AND USER OF MEANS OF CURING OR MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF DEAFNESS TOTAL OR PARTIAL (C) THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF THE DEAF (D) THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN AND (E) THE PROVISION OF HEARING AIDS AND THE TEACHING OF CHILDRED AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF THE DEAF BY NEW METHODS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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