Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

FRIENDS OF ACHIEZER ARAD 

Pay or apply the whole of the income and the capital of the Trust Fund to or towards or in furtherance or for the benefit of such one or more charities, charitable institutions or charitable purposes in any part of the world in such shares and in such manner as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may from time to time determine and in particular for the relief of poverty.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£908£1,371£-463£0£4,520£4,52039.600
05/04/22£360£1,163£-803n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£356£497£-141n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£330£1,042£-712n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£561£496£65£75£6,640£5,25412700
05/04/18£702£1,044£-342£139£4,248£2,86232.900
05/04/17£3,087£1,037£2,050£203£4,589£3,20437.100
05/04/16£599£837£-238£0£1,534£1492.100
05/04/15£789£542£246£62£999£-107-2.400
05/04/14£654£255£399£75£2,348£1,40666.100
05/04/13*£940£649£291£264£1,949£1,07319.900
05/04/12*£511£393£118£9£1,658£80324.500
05/04/11£543£461£82£13£1,779£1,35735.300
05/04/10*£504£506£-3£9£1,698£1,27530.200
05/04/09*£417£470£-53£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08*£420£449£-29£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£512£375£137£5£1,177£75424.200
05/04/06*£315£363£-47£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05*£146£202£-56£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04*£372£212£160£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 30.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 617%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 39.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -25 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Established: 34 years

02082117958

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Canada, Israel,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/07/1990, number: 803548
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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 vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR10: 73 days late, AR09: 64 days late, AR08: 3 days late, AR07: 269 days late, AR06: 123 days late, AR05: 93 days late, AR04: 84 days late,
Main office

70 LINGWOOD ROAD
LONDON
E5 9BN

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE TOWN OF ARAD ISRAEL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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