Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

LONIA LIMITED 

The provision and distribution of grants and donations to further its objectives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £46,490,936 available, equivalent to 156 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 43 years

02089867221

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£3,573£3,584£-11£0£46,491£46,491155.700
31/03/22£1,957£2,606£-650£0£37,732£37,732173.700
31/03/21£2,059£2,362£-303£0£38,988£0n/a00
31/03/20£1,890£2,521£-630£0£39,367£39,367187.400
31/03/19£1,926£1,798£129£0£43,743£43,74329200
31/03/18£1,786£1,651£135£0£43,672£43,672317.300
31/03/17£2,521£1,625£896£0£49,882£49,882368.400
31/03/16£1,744£1,524£220£0£51,373£51,373404.500
31/03/15£1,939£1,283£656£4£50,729£50,729474.430
31/03/14£3,373£1,522£1,851£4£38,463£38,463303.330
31/03/13£2,863£1,369£1,494£122£36,150£36,150316.930
31/03/12£3,734£2,314£1,420£131£34,656£34,656179.730
31/03/11*£3,719£3,261£459£138£33,236£33,236122.330
31/03/10£4,811£2,556£2,256£223£36,126£36,126169.630
31/03/09£2,351£2,324£28£228£35,132£35,132181.430
31/03/08£1,887£2,210£-323£184£37,893£37,893205.800
31/03/07*£2,075£2,487£-412£189£41,258£41,258199.120
31/03/06*£3,532£2,251£1,281£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,995£1,861£1,134£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,833£2,010£1,823£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 29.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 357%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 155.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 59 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1981, number: 282336
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/02/1981, number: 01546254
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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; AR11: 52 days late, AR07: 111 days late, AR06: 156 days late, AR05: 289 days late, AR04: 124 days late,
Main office

C/O 8 MILLFIELDS ROAD
LONDON
E5 0SB

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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