Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 7

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

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 22

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£3,379	£3,181	£198	£219	£3,164	£3,041	11.5	39	322
31/12/22	£2,608	£2,693	£-85	£213	£2,904	£2,764	12.3	35	549
31/12/21	£2,693	£2,320	£373	£180	£3,047	£2,929	15.1	30	612
31/12/20	£3,197	£2,207	£990	£171	£2,662	£2,533	13.8	31	612
31/12/19	£2,671	£2,638	£32	£190	£1,672	£1,562	7.1	29	528
31/12/18	£2,881	£2,174	£707	£177	£1,639	£1,515	8.4	25	0
31/12/17	£2,031	£2,239	£-208	£159	£953	£869	4.7	22	0
31/12/16	£1,643	£1,842	£-198	£103	£1,111	£999	6.5	19	0
31/12/15	£1,703	£1,386	£317	£93	£1,235	£1,119	9.7	16	0
31/12/14	£1,879	£1,470	£409	£84	£950	£861	7	13	0
31/12/13	£1,127	£1,093	£34	£140	£536	£454	5	12	0
31/12/12	£1,087	£1,200	£-113	£106	£494	£396	4	13	0
31/12/11	£1,105	£1,037	£68	£145	£590	£498	5.8	12	0
31/12/10	£931	£958	£-27	£84	£522	£448	5.6	13	0
31/12/09	£885	£1,081	£-196	£39	£531	£478	5.3	13	0
31/12/08	£942	£989	£-47	£13	£675	£620	7.5	12	0
31/12/07	£574	£709	£-135	£7	£846	£829	14	9	0
31/12/06	£620	£500	£120	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£374	£433	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£296	£398	£-102	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 11.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 42 years
(96 years as a company)

www.humanism.org.uk

andrew@humanism.org.uk

02073243066

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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 supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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	£46,500
City Bridge Trust	£10,060

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Humanists UK
£16,500	24/01/2023	A restricted grant of £16,500 towards training and placement support for humanist pastoral carers in prisons (Year 3 of 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Humanists UK aims to advance Humanism (i.e. a non-religious ethical ....more A restricted grant of £16,500 towards training and placement support for humanist pastoral carers in prisons (Year 3 of 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Humanists UK aims to advance Humanism (i.e. a non-religious ethical life stance) and promotion of equality, non-discrimination, and the protection of human rights.
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 Humanism (i.e. a non-religious ethical life stance) and ....more 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 Humanism (i.e. a non-religious ethical life stance) and promotion of equality, non-discrimination, and the protection of human rights.
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 Humanism (i.e. a non-religious ethical life stance) and ....more 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 Humanism (i.e. a non-religious ethical life stance) and promotion of equality, non-discrimination, and the protection of human rights.
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

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-65

AMY WALDEN Appointed: 2024

ANDREW RUSSELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Public Affairs & Communications Consultant

ANN O'CONNELL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

CHARLEY JARRETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Policy And Public Affairs Officer

DAVID IAIN DEBOYS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Assistant Director

DR JOHN OLUSEGUN ADENITIRE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

EMMA SHEPHERD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Communications Officer

KATE WEST Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

NEIL GRANT HAWKINS (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: College Principle

NEIL MCKAIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher

PROFESSOR SIMON WALKER-SAMUEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Scientist

ROLAND ARTHUR DAVIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

RUTH ANNE KAUFMAN OBE Appointed: 2019

SAMIRA AHMED Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Journalist

TAMAR GHOSH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lead, Longitude Prize

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

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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

20 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

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