Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

TEXTILE REUSE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

TRAID is an environmental and poverty relief charity. TRAID reduces landfill through; the provision of textile recycling facilities, its charity shops and upcycled clothing. Funds raised go to environmental and textile related international development projects and TRAID's education programmes developed to gain greater recycling participation and empathy with the issues surrounding global poverty.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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£8,658£6,950£1,708£0£7,207£7,20712.4148227
31/12/21£6,500£5,744£756£0£5,500£5,50011.5128130
31/12/20£5,303£5,692£-388£0£4,844£4,84410.213369
31/12/19£6,336£5,836£500£0£5,232£5,23210.8128189
31/12/18£5,817£5,342£475£0£4,733£4,73310.6114225
31/12/17£5,574£4,882£692£0£4,257£4,25710.51050
31/12/16£5,198£4,960£238£0£3,678£3,6788.91030
31/12/15£5,183£4,996£187£10£3,440£3,4408.3960
31/12/14£4,946£4,893£53£10£3,253£3,2538890
31/12/13£4,959£4,428£532£10£3,200£3,2008.700
31/12/12£4,590£4,203£387£9£2,669£2,6697.6840
31/12/11£4,284£3,795£488£95£2,282£2,2827.2720
31/12/10£3,831£3,333£498£92£1,794£1,7946.5670
31/12/09£3,501£3,443£58£86£1,296£1,0423.6630
31/12/08£3,088£2,763£325£58£1,238£1,2385.4650
31/12/07£2,794£2,472£322£52£913£9134.4670
31/12/06£2,388£2,190£198£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£2,147£1,996£151£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£1,848£1,903£-55£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 12.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 12.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 37 years

www.traid.org.uk

info@traid.org.uk

02087332580

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 148 employees
  • 227 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-74
  • IAN HAGG Appointed: 1997, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1987, number: 297489
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/07/1987, number: 02143753
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR04: 9 days late,
Main office

Unit G10
Clerkenwell Workshops
27/31 Clerkenwell Close
London
EC1R 0AT

Objectives

A) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE UNDERTAKING OF RECYCLING, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF RECYCLING FACILITIES FOR TEXTILES, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE PRACTICE OF RECYCLING TEXTILES, CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS. B) TO APPLY SURPLUS INCOME FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. C)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING RECYCLING AND WORLD POVERTY THROUGH PROGRAMMES OF TEACHING, TRAINING, PUBLISHING, EXHIBITIONS, SEMINARS AND OTHER MEANS OF PROVIDING EDUCATION SERVICES AND RESOURCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

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