Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST 

for the benefit or in furtherance of such Jewish charitable purposes charitable institutions or charitable foundations or individuals in the United Kingdom or elsewhere and for other general charitable purposes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £4,083,442 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23£622£422£200£0£-4,083£-4,083-116.200
31/03/22£790£318£472£0£-4,284£-4,284-161.700
31/03/21*£1,282£283£999£0£-4,756£-4,756-201.400
31/03/20£1,382£480£902£0£-5,755£-5,755-143.800
31/03/19*£503£447£56£0£-6,657£0n/a00
31/03/18£672£325£347£0£-6,713£-6,713-248.100
31/03/17£824£2,225£-1,401£0£-7,060£-7,060-38.100
31/03/16*£142£154£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£277£275£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£130£60£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£166£115£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£169£200£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£167£197£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£488£358£130£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09?*£5,040£4,128£913£73£-5,839£-5,839-1700
31/03/06*£7,778£8,154£-376£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4,141£5,621£-1,480£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,601£5,216£-1,614£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: 36683%
Liabilities/Income: 659%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -116.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Established: 37 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Bury, Hackney, Hammersmith And Fulham, Israel, Salford City,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/03/1987, number: 327380
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 88 days late, AR19: 7 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 54 days late, AR13: 363 days late, AR12: 203 days late, AR11: 371 days late, AR10: 26 days late, AR09: 115 days late, AR06: 421 days late, AR05: 465 days late, AR04: 186 days late,
Main office

FORDGATE HOUSE
1 ALLSOP PLACE
LONDON
NW1 5LF

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE THEREOF TO OR TOWARDS FOR THE BENEFIT OR IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH JEWISH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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