Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 1
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -10 ?

STANFORD TRUST 

The advancement and support of higher education by making donations to support colleges of further education or universities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 31 years

02075022813

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/08/22£972£1,012£-39£0£1£1000
31/08/21£462£453£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£2,301£2,306£-6£0£30£300.200
31/08/19*£2,833£2,805£29£0£36£360.200
31/08/18£2,339£2,371£-32£0£7£7000
31/08/17£2,609£2,617£-8£0£39£390.200
31/08/16*£3,044£2,997£47£0£47£470.200
31/08/15£3,678£3,679£-1£3£1£1000
31/08/14£858£859£-1£3£2£2000
31/08/13£721£721£0£1£2£2000
31/08/12£307£319£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£720£732£-12£3£14£140.200
31/08/10£70£52£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£740£735£5£2£2£2000
31/08/08*£42£49£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07*£32£35£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06*£27£29£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£68£61£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04*£2£0£2£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: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Stanford Trust
£10,000 04/05/2017
12
Towards a sharing event exploring the potential impact of open data on social innovation in the UK.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1993, number: 1022726
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/1993, number: 02826331
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 217 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 14 days late, AR06: 25 days late, AR04: 12 days late,
Main office

19 NORCOTT ROAD
LONDON
N16 7EJ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION BY MAKING DONATIONS TO SUPPORT COLLEGES OF FURTHER EDUCATION OR UNIVERSITIES IN PARTICULAR THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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