Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 18

KIDS OPERATING ROOM

Overview

Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) has made remarkable progress on its plan to build 120 children's operating theatres in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Their programme is well designed, requiring significant financial commitment by the local health authorities and sophisticated data analysis to ensure the facilities are being fully utilised. This data can also help to identify local safety issues which can be addressed to prevent the need for hospital care. The impact data is a powerful indicator that this charity is highly effective.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Helping children get the vital operations they need

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Established: 6 years

www.kidsor.org

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Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies	£4,590,000	£4,590,803	£4,467,969	£20,247,613
Other Income
Investment Income	£956	£952	£3,031
Total income	£4,590,956	£4,591,755	£4,471,000	£20,247,613	£7,117,411
Charitable activities spending	£1,002,632	£1,828,351	£2,928,591	£19,905,050	£3,915,985
Fundraising costs		1%	1%	2%	4%
Other spending
Total spending	£1,002,632	£1,872,942	£2,994,428	£20,212,874	£4,233,736
Surplus/deficit	£3,588,324	£2,718,813	£1,476,572	£34,739	£2,883,675

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Comment: The significant jump in funds reported in 2021 was the result of a major donation of PPE to the organisation during the COVID-19 pandemic. In partnership with the Scottish Government, they distributed over 25 million items of PPE, as well as 100 oxygen concentrators to countries in Africa

Source: Giving is Great

What it does

Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) works with local surgeons and their teams to create fully equipped operating rooms for children's surgery. This enables those teams to use their dedication and talents to treat greater numbers of children, transforming lives one operation at a time

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of health
The saving of lives

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Children or young people
People with disabilities or health problems

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Kids Operating Room
£25,000	17/12/2021	Operating room at AIC-Kijabi hospital

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 28-74

GOOD, Graham
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MASIYIWA, Sarah Tarisai
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Director

WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Company Director

WOOD, Nicola Joanne Chacko
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Company Director

YOUNGSON, George Gray
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Emeritus Professor Of Paediatric Surgery

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 05/07/2018, number: SC048523
Registered at Companies House on 11/01/2018, number: SC585374

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

3rd Floor , 107 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3ES

Objectives

2.1 The Company's charitable purposes are the advancement of health and saving of lives by equipping, constructing, and/or in any other way supporting surgical facilities for the provision of safe surgery for children throughout the world. This may extend to procuring equipment, maintaining facilities previously supported and/or providing training to those persons responsible for using any such facility. the collection and assessment of data for the purposes of reporting on impact. and/or such other related charitable objects as the company in its sole discretion may determine. The Company operates on a non-profit basis.

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