Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gov Income
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

    CONCORDIA (UK)

    Concordia is committed to national and international volunteering and work placements to promote intercultural understanding and peace. It believes that volunteering changes lives and nurtures world citizens who care about each other and the world. Since 1943 it has supported nearly three-quarters of a million people to undertake such exchanges.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received Government grants
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    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£2,587£2,724£-138£0£2,027£2,0278.92552
    31/12/22£2,820£2,709£112£0£2,147£2,1479.5220
    31/12/21£3,201£2,848£353£0£2,167£2,1679.1200
    31/12/20*£2,078£1,988£91£0£1,736£1,73610.5200
    31/12/19*£1,701£1,629£72£0£1,629£1,62912170
    31/12/18£873£1,059£-186£0£1,473£1,47316.7280
    31/12/17£847£1,062£-215£0£1,750£1,75019.8160
    31/12/16£1,015£1,107£-92£0£1,905£1,90520.6160
    31/12/15£1,009£1,019£-9£26£1,880£1,88022.1150
    31/12/14£1,046£1,111£-65£21£1,911£1,91120.6220
    31/12/13£1,574£1,378£196£24£1,975£1,97517.2230
    31/12/12£1,464£1,279£185£26£1,698£1,69315.9230
    31/12/11*£1,540£1,305£235£22£1,482£1,47713.6220
    31/12/10£1,412£1,171£241£28£1,265£1,26012.9200
    31/12/09£1,255£1,129£126£37£1,011£1,01110.7200
    31/12/08£1,146£1,141£4£35£855£8559190
    31/12/07£949£1,018£-69£28£908£90810.7170
    31/12/06*£825£1,034£-209n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/05£885£822£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/04£733£612£121n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 14%
    Liabilities/Income: 13%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 8.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.7
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 61 years
    (81 years as a company)

    www.concordia.org.uk

    accounts@concordia.org.uk

    01273422293

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    GiG Classification
    • International poverty relief
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Northern ....more
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 41-63
    • ANDREW JAMES MORAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
    • CAROLINE JULIA DEAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
    • DUNCAN ROSS JAMES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
    • DES PULLEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
    • EDLIRA ALKU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
    • FELICITY ROSE LAMBERT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
    • JANE BOND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Direct Marketing Manager
    • STUART PICCAVER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Farmer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/05/1964, number: 305991
    • Registered at Companies House on 10/07/1943, number: 00381668
    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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR20: 37 days late, AR19: 5 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR06: 21 days late,
    Main office

    CONCORDIA
    19 NORTH STREET
    PORTSLADE
    BRIGHTON
    BN41 1DH

    Objectives

    1 TO HELP INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS, BY PROVIDING WORK PLACEMENTS, VOLUNTEER, TRAINING AND/OR OTHER SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES (BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY) TO ENABLE THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 2 TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE, MANAGE, CONDUCT AND ASSIST WITH ANY FORM OF VOLUNTEERING, TRAINING OR WORK EXPERIENCE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS, TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CHARACTER AND CAPABILITIES. 3 TO ENCOURAGE, PROVIDE AND ASSIST WITH SCHEMES OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS, TO EXPERIENCE CHANGES OF ENVIRONMENT AND TO DEVELOP A WIDER SENSE OF CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, COMMUNITY AND CITIZENSHIP.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales

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