Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT 

To direct the income towards such charitable institutions as the Trustees see fit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £29,639,489 available, equivalent to 578 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Established: 56 years

02074867760

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
05/04/23£647£615£32£0£29,639£29,639578.400
05/04/22£529£497£32£0£26,274£26,274634.800
05/04/21£235£330£-95n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£706£725£-19£0£21,050£21,050348.300
05/04/19£1,117£1,271£-154£0£21,170£21,170199.800
05/04/18£1,117£1,185£-68£0£20,838£20,83821100
05/04/17£717£662£55£0£10,907£10,907197.600
05/04/16£588£691£-103£0£8,310£8,310144.200
05/04/15£471£572£-102£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£779£1,022£-243£21£8,511£8,51199.900
05/04/13£767£528£239£20£8,683£8,683197.200
05/04/12£465£588£-122£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£466£760£-294£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10*£459£601£-142£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£1,358£1,856£-498£21£8,682£8,68256.100
05/04/08£1,021£1,414£-393£19£9,989£9,98984.800
05/04/07£983£971£12£18£10,643£10,643131.500
05/04/06£5,012£1,115£3,897£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05*£582£887£-304£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£351£732£-381£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 60%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 578.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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 12/09/1968, number: 256691
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 4 days late, AR05: 67 days late,
Main office

20 GLOUCESTER PLACE
LONDON
W1U 8HA

Objectives

GENERAL CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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