Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 2

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here

Grants to UK registered charities which operate in the UK

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
30/04/23	£6,425	£6,159	£267	£0	£1,658	£1,467	2.9	6
30/04/22	£5,412	£5,056	£356	£0	£1,392	£1,176	2.8	6
30/04/21	£4,733	£4,198	£535	£0	£1,035	£1,035	3	4
30/04/20	£3,042	£3,264	£-222	£0	£500	£500	1.8	4
30/04/19	£2,323	£1,794	£529	£0	£723	£723	4.8	2
30/04/18	£1,630	£1,740	£-111	£0	£193	£193	1.3	2
30/04/17	£479	£1,176	£-697	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/16	£8,662	£8,218	£444	£0	£1,001	£1,001	1.5	1
30/04/15	£980	£829	£151	£6	£558	£558	8.1	1
30/04/14	£1,083	£687	£396	£4	£406	£406	7.1	1
30/04/13	£430	£521	£-91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/12	£403	£521	£-118	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/11	£531	£445	£86	£3	£219	£219	5.9	1
30/04/10	£184	£444	£-260	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/09	£199	£358	£-159	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/08	£549	£277	£272	£9	£558	£558	24.2	0
30/04/07	£367	£285	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/06	£160	£277	£-117	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/05	£332	£226	£106	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/04	£110	£218	£-108	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 34 years

abcharitabletrust.org.uk

mail@abcharitabletrust.org.uk

020 7313 8070

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

6 employees

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
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - Grant to City, University of London, The City Law School
£3,400	25/11/2022	Travel support for academics from City to take part in workshops and interviews with lawyers and CEOs at video-game companies and fans to evaluate the impact of Intellectual Property rights in Europe ....more Travel support for academics from City to take part in workshops and interviews with lawyers and CEOs at video-game companies and fans to evaluate the impact of Intellectual Property rights in Europe and Japan on video game fans in relation to derivative works, memorabilia and e-sports, spring 2023.
AB Charitable Trust - Regulation of cannabis for medical use
£4,400	26/01/2016	£4,400 to set up a 4 month inquiry about the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

ABCT Trustee Limited

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1990, number: 1000147

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting 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

c/o Woodsford
3rd Floor
8 Bloomsbury Street
London

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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