Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 5
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

GLOBAL JUSTICE NOW TRUST 

Research, education & training, relief of poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 27 years
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
31/12/22*£1,079£1,182£-104£216£1,694£1,62216.566
31/12/21£1,079£1,100£-21£202£1,664£1,56917.160
31/12/20£926£954£-29£191£1,685£1,67621.150
31/12/19£1,144£898£246£195£1,713£1,68622.550
31/12/18£973£885£88£202£1,467£1,43319.450
31/12/17£876£1,069£-193£279£1,379£1,32914.910
31/12/16£1,131£1,169£-38£321£1,572£1,52715.760
31/12/15£984£1,185£-201£314£1,606£1,52115.460
31/12/14£1,452£1,213£239£7£1,809£1,64816.300
31/12/13£1,030£1,041£-11£6£1,569£1,5641800
31/12/12£1,017£875£142£7£1,580£1,55121.300
31/12/11£719£877£-159£6£1,438£1,38118.900
31/12/10£845£672£173£6£1,596£1,51026.900
31/12/09£730£482£248£6£1,423£1,36133.900
31/12/08£606£567£39£6£1,175£1,17024.700
31/12/07£574£602£-29£5£1,133£1392.800
31/12/06£1,383£707£676£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£875£719£156£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£672£653£18£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 46%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 16.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 6 volunteers

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
Gower Street - Campaign for key systemic changes in trade rules
£90,000 24/11/2021
A campaign to stop destructive trade deals and promote positve alternatives
Tudor Trust - Grant to Global Justice Now Trust
£30,000 10/10/2017
24
over two years as continuation funding towards work with local communities to challenge anti-migrant and refugee discourse
Tudor Trust - Grant to Global Justice Now Trust
£10,000 02/08/2016
12
over one year to support the development of work with local groups to tackle racism and anti-refugee/migrant discourse

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-80
  • SUNIT BAGREE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Communications Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1997, number: 1064066
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/1996, number: 03188734
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 113 days late,
Main office

Global Justice Now
66 Offley Road
London
SW9 0LS

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT STUDIES IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS (B) TO DISSEMINATE SUCH KNOWLEDGE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE BUT NOT LIMITED TO QUESTIONS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ELSEWHERE (C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN BRITAIN OR ELSEWHERE (D) TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER RELATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUST MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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