Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CONCORDIA (UK) LIMITED 

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
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
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£-209£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£885£822£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£733£612£121£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 9.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 60 years
(80 years as a company)

www.concordia.org.uk

accounts@concordia.org.uk

01273422293

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UN SDGs
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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 works here?
  • 22 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-62
  • JANE BOND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Direct Marketing Manager
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
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 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

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