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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE

Providing internationally recognised qualifications, awards, assessments and support for individuals and organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas across a wide range of occupations in industry, commerce, the public services and elsewhere.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £15,100,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/08/23£159,000£167,900£-8,900£67,000£86,500£83,0005.91,5500
31/08/22£142,500£146,900£-4,400£48,900£103,400£100,0008.21,3770
31/08/21£129,900£137,400£-7,500£43,400£88,000£84,3007.41,3710
31/08/20£135,700£143,800£-8,100£46,500£95,900£92,2007.71,3620
31/08/19£144,200£146,400£-2,200£43,200£95,200£91,4007.51,3440
31/08/18£143,600£155,000£-11,400£46,300£105,200£101,5007.91,3730
31/08/17£142,641£141,881£760£39,391£91,317£87,5077.41,2830
31/08/16£137,371£135,049£2,322£25,622£75,256£71,4676.41,2570
31/08/15£141,051£131,985£9,067£19,971£111,033£94,3888.61,1860
31/08/14£129,853£122,384£7,470£14,707£58,997£42,9644.21,1400
31/08/13?£113,935£110,755£3,180£7,403£50,433£35,7973.91,1990
30/09/12£117,888£116,868£1,020£562£47,955£44,2724.51,1480
30/09/11£117,794£114,301£3,493£674£42,729£39,1624.11,0170
30/09/10£118,259£110,820£7,439£619£41,890£41,8904.51,0750
30/09/09£116,141£114,976£1,164£593£39,258£39,2584.11,1170
30/09/08£106,246£102,425£3,821£387£38,094£38,0944.51,0790
30/09/07£97,242£92,973£4,269£1,150£50,434£50,4346.51,0530
30/09/06£83,377£76,977£6,401n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£80,631£70,740£9,890n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£67,260£66,247£1,014n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 67.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 39.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £450,000-£500,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 60 years

www.cityandguilds.com

chris.astles@cityandguilds.com

02072942548

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • International education & child welfare
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, ....more
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Education - City & Guilds of London Institute
£3,000 20/10/2023
Bursary
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Education - City & Guilds of London Institute
£3,000 21/10/2022
Bursary
Haberdashers' Company - Building Opportunities programme
£3,500 19/10/2022
to offer ‘Building Opportunities’ to at least 150 high-risk young people across all their hub areas
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-City & Guilds of London Institute
£3,000 22/10/2021
Bursary
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - City & Guilds of London Institute
£3,000 30/09/2020
Bursary
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 City & Guilds of London Institute
£3,000 25/10/2019
Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

  • ANDY MARCHANT Appointed: 2018
  • BEN WISEMAN Appointed: 2022
  • CHRIS FENTON Appointed: 2017
  • DR ANN GERALDINE LIMB Appointed: 2014
  • DR DICK PALMER Appointed: 2018
  • FRANK LANZA DOUGLAS Appointed: 2019
  • IAN AILLES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • JANE ELIZABETH GIBBON Appointed: 2019
  • STUART FRANCIS RUSSELL Appointed: 2024
  • SADRUDDIN JAMES ALEXANDER Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/05/1965, number: 312832
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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; all on time
Main office

Giltspur House
5-6 Giltspur Street
London
EC1A 9DE

Objectives

FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALL SUCH BRANCHES OF SCIENCE AND THE FINE ARTS AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT, DISSEMINATION, PROPAGATION, PROMOTION, CULTURE AND APPLICATION OF ALL SUCH BRANCHES OF SCIENCE AND THE FINE ARTS AS BENEFIT OR ARE OF USE TO OR MAY BENEFIT OR BE OF USE TO PRODUCTIVE AND TECHNICAL INDUSTRIES ESPECIALLY AND TO COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY GENERALLY OR ANY BRANCH THEREOF.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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