Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY INTERNATIONAL

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a Christian organisation working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, in the pursuit of justice

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
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
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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?		£3,244	£3,313	£-69	£282	£631	£537	1.9	41	4
31/12/21		£2,167	£2,334	£-167	£168	£700	£704	3.6	41	1
31/12/20		£2,271	£2,040	£231	£150	£868	£887	5.2	39	2
31/12/19		£2,306	£2,390	£-84	£132	£648	£571	2.9	41	10
31/12/18		£2,279	£2,217	£61	£125	£728	£673	3.6	40	12
31/12/17		£2,204	£2,350	£-146	£203	£708	£781	4	43	0
31/12/16		£2,204	£2,061	£143	£286	£852	£912	5.3	39	0
31/12/15		£1,873	£1,965	£-91	£221	£695	£825	5	36	0
31/12/14		£2,114	£1,842	£272	£237	£726	£740	4.8	34	0
31/12/13		£1,853	£1,790	£64	£241	£451	£682	4.6	30	0
31/12/12		£1,813	£1,770	£44	£254	£385	£574	3.9	31	0
31/12/11	*	£1,843	£1,831	£12	£245	£346	£482	3.2	29	0
31/12/10		£1,637	£1,771	£-134	£247	£339	£439	3	28	0
31/12/09		£1,697	£1,666	£32	£211	£469	£570	4.1	24	0
31/12/08		£1,887	£1,889	£-2	£229	£434	£524	3.3	30	0
31/12/07		£1,861	£1,801	£59	£149	£437	£523	3.5	26	0
31/12/06	*	£1,672	£1,460	£212	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	*	£1,390	£1,345	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£1,331	£1,291	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 43 years

www.csw.org.uk

admin@csw.org.uk

08454565464

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Belgium, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

41 employees
4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-73

FADY NASSAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trainee Chartered Accountant

ANN-MARIE AGYEMAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: International Student Recruitment

HELEN BERHANE NUGUSE Appointed: 2022

JAEL DHARAMSINGH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Humanitarian Impact & Effectiveness Advisor

JENNIFER CORNFIELD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Lead

STUART KEIR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

VICTORIA BUTLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister

WILLIAM LOWE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fundraising-Philanthropy

BILL ROCKETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MIKE GIBBONS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Project Manager

NIGEL JAMES GRINYER Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Stockbroker

SIMON FRANCIS BENJAMIN GEORGE Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant

DAVID REEVES TAYLOR Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Editor, Other trusteeships: SAT-7 UK TRUST LIMITED, THE BESOM IN WITNEY, HAYAT MINISTRIES,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1981, number: 281836
Registered at Companies House on 29/12/1980, number: 01536426

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

24/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE PENTECOSTAL EVENTIDE TRUST
05/01/2024 - Asset transfer in from THE INGLEBY CHARITABLE TRUST

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR11: 191 days late, AR06: 35 days late, AR05: 15 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE PENTECOSTAL EVENTIDE TRUST on 24/02/2023
Asset transfer in from THE INGLEBY CHARITABLE TRUST on 05/01/2024

Main office

P.O. Box 99
NEW MALDEN
SURREY
KT3 3YF

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND POVERTY OF PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO ARE BEING PERSECUTED AS A RESULT OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND THE PROMOTION OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources