Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

KENNEDY MEMORIAL FUND 

The Kennedy Memorial Trust administers the Kennedy Memorial Fund commemorating President John F. Kennedy by maintaining a memorial at Runnymede and awarding scholarships to British graduate students to attend Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Each year the Trust provides graduate students with tuition fees, health cover, a stipend & travel grant.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £16,879,129 available, equivalent to 252 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
30/04/23£774£804£-30£0£16,879£16,879251.910
30/04/22£282£992£-710n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/21£279£314£-35n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/20£442£783£-341n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/19£417£724£-307n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/18£426£780£-354£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£497£695£-197£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£348£685£-337£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£325£611£-287£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£314£647£-333£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£346£587£-241£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£231£373£-142£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£156£432£-276£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£160£388£-227£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£163£360£-197£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£187£345£-158£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£833£426£407£97£9,415£9,415265.310
30/04/06£151£432£-281£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05£653£404£249£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£198£397£-199£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 251.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 10.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 60 years

www.kennedytrust.org.uk

TIM@KENNEDYTRUST.ORG.UK

02072221151

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Financial support to the poor
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 1 employee

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
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Kennedy Memorial Trust
£25,000 19/07/2022
Kennedy Memorial Trust provides scholarships for British graduates to attend Harvard and MIT.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Kennedy Memorial Trust
£25,000 22/07/2021
Kennedy Memorial Trust provides scholarships for British graduates to attend Harvard and MIT.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Kennedy Memorial Trust
£25,000 05/08/2020
Kennedy Memorial Trust provides scholarships for British graduates to attend Harvard and MIT.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Kennedy Memorial Trust
£25,000 11/07/2019
Kennedy Memorial Trust provides scholarships for British graduates to attend Harvard and MIT.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Kennedy Memorial Trust
£25,000 10/08/2018
Kennedy Memorial Trust provides scholarships for British graduates to attend Harvard and MIT.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Kennedy Memorial Trust
£67,259 07/07/2017
Kennedy Memorial Trust provides scholarships for British graduates to attend Harvard and MIT.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/05/1964, number: 234715
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

3 BIRDCAGE WALK
LONDON
SW1H 9JJ

Objectives

1. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO GO AS UNDER-GRADUATES OR GRADUATES TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RADCLIFFE COLLEGE OR THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. 2. TO SECURE AND LAY OUT A SITE ON RUNNYMEDE AS A PLACE TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UPKEEP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNRESTRICTED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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