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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

TEARFUND 

TEARFUND IS A CHRISTIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMMITTED TO ERADICATING POVERTY. OUR VISION IS TO SEE PEOPLE FREED FROM POVERTY LIVING TRANSFORMED LIVES AND REACHING THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. OUR MISSION IS TO FOLLOW JESUS WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST RESPONDING TO CRISES AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO BRING RESTORATION TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 51 years
(53 years as a company)

www.tearfund.org

legal@tearfund.org

020 3906 3906

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£85,382£90,292£-4,910£14,845£27,319£8,1281.11,0571,300
31/03/22£79,474£76,914£2,560£12,627£32,229£14,7962.31,0881,300
31/03/21£81,367£77,756£3,611£11,218£29,669£16,8372.61,2371,750
31/03/20£85,057£85,210£-153£12,179£26,058£14,7142.11,2049,700
31/03/19£76,336£82,757£-6,421£10,530£26,211£11,0791.69509,700
31/03/18£74,929£71,847£3,082£10,925£32,632£14,5142.48780
31/03/17£72,768£70,874£1,894£9,045£29,550£14,9912.59960
31/03/16£72,162£68,083£4,079£7,642£27,656£12,1852.11,2280
31/03/15£62,206£63,937£-1,731£6,104£22,880£8,5081.61,1710
31/03/14£59,372£62,324£-2,952£5,346£24,611£7,8671.51,1390
31/03/13£60,046£61,090£-1,044£6,063£27,563£8,7491.71,3070
31/03/12£70,296£65,046£5,250£6,169£28,607£8,3031.51,4390
31/03/11£63,875£61,621£2,254£5,555£23,357£8,5791.71,5230
31/03/10£64,848£59,652£5,196£5,259£21,103£8,9481.81,4870
31/03/09£61,141£64,525£-3,384£5,659£15,907£7,2321.31,6570
31/03/08£63,189£63,750£-561£5,535£19,291£8,5361.61,5840
31/03/07£50,580£60,863£-10,283£4,817£19,852£9,4771.91,4460
31/03/06£53,013£51,519£1,494£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£53,025£40,114£12,911£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£35,136£35,809£-672£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, ....more
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 1,057 employees
  • 1,300 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • Charity Awards 2018 International Aid
    •
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
Samworth Foundation - Environment
£145,317 15/10/2021
To fund two new technology projects to facilitate rural communities using online platforms to make their produce business more efficient by making hubs available for processes that would otherwise be ....more
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£20,000 03/06/2020
12
Covid-19 Emergency Fund to support Tearfund's partner organisation, ZOE, to deliver emergency aid and support to some of the most vulnerable rural families in Bulawayo during the Covid-19 crisis.
Samworth Foundation - Challenging Patriarchy
£270,000 11/03/2020
36
Challenging Patriarchy: Raising awareness of Women's and Girl's rights continuation of project
Samworth Foundation - External Evaluation
£4,217 11/07/2019
24
Challenging Patriarchy: Raising awareness of Women's and Girl's rights in Manicaland, Zimbabwe - Evaluation
Samworth Foundation - Challenging Patriarchy
£73,076 08/12/2017
24
Challenging Patriarchy: Raising awareness of Women's and Girl's rights in Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Samworth Foundation - Challenging Patriarchy
£73,076 30/11/2017
Challenging Patriarchy: Raising awareness of Women's and Girl's rights in Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Samworth Foundation - Community Support
£80,450 01/07/2017
24
Continuation grant of capacity building for local NGO's in Zimbabwe
Samworth Foundation - Community Support
£80,450 30/06/2017
Continuation grant of capacity building for local NGO's in Zimbabwe
Samworth Foundation - Education & Vocational Training
£34,356 15/06/2016
12
To fund Tearfund to work with some of their partners to strengthen and build their capacity.
Samworth Foundation - Education & Vocational Training
£34,356 31/05/2016
To fund Tearfund to work with some of their partners to strengthen and build their capacity.
Samworth Foundation - Voluntary Sector Infrastructure
£67,630 25/02/2014
Capacity building Zimbabwean civil society.
Samworth Foundation - Voluntary Sector Infrastructure
£67,630 31/01/2014
Capacity building Zimbabwean civil society.
Samworth Foundation - Orphans & Carers with HIV/Aids
£114,500 01/06/2010
24
Care and support to orphans and their carers and those living with HIV/AIDS
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/1973, number: 265464
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/11/1970, number: 00994339
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from REACH FOR RWANDA on 03/10/2019
  • Asset transfer in from AHAVA LOVE MINISTRIES on 30/06/2021
  • Asset transfer in from PROSTESTANT DISSENTING CHAPEL on 19/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE CALEB CHARITABLE TRUST on 10/07/2023
Main office

100 CHURCH ROAD
TEDDINGTON
MIDDLESEX
TW118QE

Objectives

(A) THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: (1) (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AND PREVENT DISEASE AND ILL HEALTH AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD; AND (B) TO PROMOTE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND FAITH AND AS TO BOTH THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) AND (B) IN THIS SUB-CLAUSE BY WHEREVER POSSIBLE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OR THROUGH FELLOW CHRISTIANS SUCH OBJECTIVES TO BE PURSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES; (I) THE BIBLE IS THE AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD AND IS THE GUIDING RULE OF ALL CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR. (II) WHEREVER POSSIBLE THE SUPERVISION OF ANY PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE COMPANY WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF CHRISTIANS WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ETHOS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY; AND (III)THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT AT THE END OF THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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