Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 3
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
General charitable purposes.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
Established: 38 years

info@sfct.org.uk

02074100330

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
05/04/23£501£507£-6£0£17,213£2485.970
05/04/22£500£553£-53£0£18,199£1954.270
05/04/21£464£331£134n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£577£669£-92£0£13,856£0n/a10
05/04/19£562£665£-103£0£16,806£0n/a100
05/04/18£639£734£-95£0£15,920£0n/a120
05/04/17£494£623£-129£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£492£617£-125£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£509£589£-80£5£15,373£410.810
05/04/14£469£485£-16£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£454£520£-66£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£408£540£-132£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£369£394£-25£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£411£399£12£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£446£535£-89£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£481£569£-88£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£393£216£177£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06*£330£334£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£497£726£-229£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£558£427£131£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 7 employees

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards unrestricted core funding to bolster its support for Ukrainian asylum seekers.
£10,000 24/05/2022
Towards unrestricted core funding to bolster its support for Ukrainian asylum seekers.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards supporting grassroots refugee and asylum seekers groups to design and implement strategic li
£10,000 24/05/2022
Towards supporting grassroots refugee and asylum seekers groups to design and implement strategic litigation campaigns to bring about fairer decisions for refugees and asylum seekers.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£10,000 24/05/2022
Towards core costs
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - To support migrants and asylum seekers at risk of destitution.
£10,000 23/11/2021
to support migrants and asylum seekers at risk of destitution.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - To support destitute asylum seekers, provision of food, parcels, and peer-to-peer support.
£10,000 23/11/2021
to support destitute asylum seekers, provision of food, parcels, and peer-to-peer support.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£10,000 23/11/2021
Its core costs
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - To pilot a young person led programme in Southwark.
£15,000 23/11/2021
To pilot a young person led programme in Southwark.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£32,500 10/11/2020
Core costs to support young care leavers in bespoke accommodation and holistic support in Lambeth and Southwark
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Flexible funding
£33,000 10/11/2020
Towards flexible funding to support the organisation to meet additional needs of migrants at risk of destitution.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards School mini-bus
£4,500 03/06/2019
36
Towards their School mini-bus.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - To support five academics at risk of human rights violations
£15,500 03/06/2019
24
To support five academics at risk of human rights violations to relocate with their families to take up a post at a UK University.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/11/1985, number: 292930
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 4 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

THE PEAK
5 WILTON ROAD
LONDON
SW1V 1AP

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AN IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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