Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THIRTYONE:EIGHT 

Thirtyone:eight is an independent Christian charity which helps individuals, supports organisations, charities, faith and community groups to protect vulnerable people from abuse. We work together with a network of thousands of faith and non-faith organisations, across the UK, helping them to create safer places. We are agency for DBS checks. www.thirtyoneeight.org
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£2,902£2,991£-89£20£1,465£1,4635.9403
31/03/22£2,568£2,645£-77£7£1,614£1,6147.3363
31/03/21£2,259£2,382£-123£7£1,607£1,6078.1380
31/03/20£2,381£2,650£-270£7£1,517£1,5176.9390
31/03/19£2,197£2,579£-382£0£1,539£1,5397.2380
31/03/18£1,914£2,236£-323£0£1,833£1,8339.8380
31/03/17£1,692£2,003£-311£9£2,124£2,12412.7360
31/03/16£1,724£1,714£10£0£2,174£2,17415.2280
31/03/15£1,543£1,418£125£23£2,219£2,21918.8230
31/03/14£1,325£1,114£212£19£1,983£1,98321.4170
31/03/13£1,107£1,008£98£16£1,716£1,71620.4160
31/03/12£1,059£965£94£14£1,507£1,50718.7170
31/03/11£1,048£881£167£12£1,394£1,39419260
31/03/10£1,055£863£192£13£1,227£1,22717.1180
31/03/09£858£715£143£15£1,035£1,03517.4150
31/03/08£848£650£198£19£892£89216.5140
31/03/07£670£626£44£6£694£69413.3150
31/03/06£471£445£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£436£434£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£434£429£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 33 years

www.thirtyoneeight.org

info@thirtyoneeight.org

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-67
  • JULIE KING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/1991, number: 1004490
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/09/1991, number: 02646487
Gift Aid
  • 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

Thirtyone Eight
College Road
Hextable
SWANLEY
BR8 7LT

Objectives

3.1 THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SAFEGUARD CHILDREN, VULNERABLE ADULTS AND THOSE AFFECTED BY ABUSE.3.2 THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.THE OBJECTS CAN BE CARRIED OUT WORLDWIDE AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHARITYãS CORE VALUES SET OUT IN CLAUSE 5.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

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