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Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

BRITISH HUMANIST ASSOCIATION 

The British Humanist Association (Humanists UK) promotes Humanism and supports and represents people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. Humanists UK provides educational resources on Humanism and humanist funerals and other ceremonies, and campaigns against religious privilege and discrimination on grounds of religion or belief.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • 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:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
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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
31/12/22£2,608£2,693£-85£213£2,904£2,76412.335549
31/12/21£2,693£2,320£373£180£3,047£2,92915.130612
31/12/20£3,197£2,207£990£171£2,662£2,53313.831612
31/12/19£2,671£2,638£32£190£1,672£1,5627.129528
31/12/18£2,881£2,174£707£177£1,639£1,5158.425354
31/12/17£2,031£2,239£-208£159£953£8694.7220
31/12/16£1,643£1,842£-198£103£1,111£9996.5190
31/12/15£1,703£1,386£317£93£1,235£1,1199.7160
31/12/14£1,879£1,470£409£84£950£8617130
31/12/13£1,127£1,093£34£140£536£4545120
31/12/12£1,087£1,200£-113£106£494£3964130
31/12/11£1,105£1,037£68£145£590£4985.8120
31/12/10£931£958£-27£84£522£4485.6130
31/12/09£885£1,081£-196£39£531£4785.3130
31/12/08£942£989£-47£13£675£6207.5120
31/12/07£574£709£-135£7£846£8291490
31/12/06£620£500£120£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£374£433£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£296£398£-102£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 12.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 8.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 41 years
(96 years as a company)

www.humanism.org.uk

andrew@humanism.org.uk

02073243066

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 549 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£161,204
AB Charitable Trust£30,000
City Bridge Trust£10,060
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to British Humanist Association
£161,204 10/11/2022
Humanist Heritage: Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Humanists UK
£15,000 19/10/2021
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards training and placement support for humanist pastoral carers in prisons (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Humanists UK aims to advance ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Humanists UK
£15,000 07/07/2020
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards training and placement support for humanist pastoral carers in prisons (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Humanists UK aims to advance ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Humanists UK
£10,060 28/05/2020
A grant of £10,060 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
AB Charitable Trust - Pastoral support for non-religious prisoners
£10,000 21/10/2014
£10,000 towards pastoral support for non-religious prisoners
AB Charitable Trust - Legalising assisted dying
£13,000 21/01/2014
£13,000 towards work on legalising assisted dying

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-68
  • ANDREW RUSSELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Public Affairs & Communications Consultant
  • KATE WEST Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • EWAN MAIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Online Community Manager
  • EMMA SHEPHERD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Communications Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/01/1983, number: 285987
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/1928, number: 00228781
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SOUTH LONDON HUMANISTS on 18/10/2023
Main office

HUMANISTS UK
39 MORELAND STREET
LONDON
EC1V 8BB

Objectives

4.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMANISM, NAMELY A NON-RELIGIOUS ETHICAL LIFESTANCE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF WHICH ARE A COMMITMENT TO HUMAN WELLBEING AND A RELIANCE ON REASON, EXPERIENCE AND A NATURALISTIC VIEW OF THE WORLD;4.1.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY OF AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMANISM AND ABOUT THE ARTS AND SCIENCE AS THEY RELATE TO HUMANISM;4.1.3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS DEFINED IN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS PARTY, IN EACH CASE IN PARTICULAR AS RELATES TO RELIGION AND BELIEF;4.1.4. THE PROMOTION OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE HOLDING RELIGIOUS AND NON-RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SO AS TO ADVANCE HARMONIOUS COOPERATION IN SOCIETY.4.2. TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE CONDUCIVE OR INCIDENTAL TO FURTHERING OR ADVANCING ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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