THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION 

The Foundation has a strict policy of being proactive grant makers and does not respond to unsolicited applications.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Most of the income of this charity is generated from its investment portfolio
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £62,346,517 available, equivalent to 9.4 years of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
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Established: 50 years

www.samworthfoundation.org.uk

admin@samworthfoundation.org.uk

01664414500

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity did not raise funds from the public in its latest financial period

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
05/04/22£516£6,657£-6,141£0£65,475£62,34711220
05/04/21£2,258£4,783£-2,525£0£70,911£67,70617020
05/04/20£777£3,048£-2,271£0£59,843£56,91122420
05/04/19£846£2,370£-1,524£0£65,212£61,81731330
05/04/18£708£2,455£-1,747£0£63,646£62,13230430
05/04/17£600£2,540£-1,940£0£67,020£65,55131000
05/04/16£45,689£1,339£44,350£0£61,507£59,72453500
05/04/15£2,632£1,632£999£14£17,950£15,73611600
05/04/14£1,690£2,431£-741£15£15,705£15,7007800
05/04/13£2,507£1,108£1,399£13£16,022£16,01217300
05/04/12£2,643£811£1,832£12£13,268£13,25519600
05/04/11£578£994£-416£16£11,377£11,35913700
05/04/10£6,048£157£5,891£14£11,265£71,400546900
05/04/09£2,514£2,272£242£11£4,149£3,8362000
05/04/08£3,906£2,756£1,150£13£5,084£0n/a00
05/04/07£1,237£1,292£-55£12£3,916£0n/a00
05/04/06£416£564£-148n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/05£395£143£252n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/04£1,843£158£1,685n/an/an/an/an/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Voluntary Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 112%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 112.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 2 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cameroon, Derbyshire, Kenya, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Tanzania, Thailand, Throughout London, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

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.

Donor
Amount/When/Months		 To be used for
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch
£5,000 04/08/2020
To fund an initial climate engagement roundtable, hosted by Climate Outreach, with key high impact stakeholders who can drive and coordinate effective strategic communication to support public ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/1973, number: 265647
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Main office

Samworth Foundation
Chetwode House
1 Samworth Way
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE13 1GA

Objectives

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Defined Area of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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