Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 10

Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 17

BRITISH OVERSEAS NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT (BOND)

the advancement of any charitable purpose and in particular for the relief of need anywhere in the world arising out of poverty, sickness, distress, age, infirmity and disablement by promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of voluntary organisations and other institutions in so far as such organisations and institutions are working to advance charitable purposes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Established: 26 years

http://www.bond.org.uk

Kqualtrough@bond.org.uk

02078378344

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£3,758	£3,458	£300	£63	£2,291	£1,345	4.7	41	23
31/03/22		£3,880	£3,479	£400	£53	£1,991	£1,565	5.4	43	0
31/03/21		£4,171	£3,733	£438	£41	£1,591	£1,250	4	40	0
31/03/20		£3,894	£3,503	£391	£30	£1,152	£868	3	40	0
31/03/19		£3,466	£3,202	£264	£51	£761	£691	2.6	37	35
31/03/18		£2,823	£2,944	£-120	£47	£497	£411	1.7	33	0
31/03/17		£3,312	£2,914	£398	£52	£678	£460	1.9	35	0
31/03/16		£2,806	£3,680	£-874	£62	£281	£202	0.7	47	0
31/03/15		£3,349	£2,965	£385	£115	£1,155	£353	1.4	34	0
31/03/14		£2,975	£2,967	£8	£126	£770	£367	1.5	28	0
31/03/13		£2,234	£1,910	£324	£71	£762	£262	1.6	21	0
31/03/12	*	£1,482	£1,485	£-3	£74	£438	£243	2	21	0
31/03/11		£1,657	£1,587	£70	£76	£442	£340	2.6	25	0
31/03/10		£1,409	£1,366	£44	£35	£372	£290	2.5	22	0
31/03/09		£1,385	£1,259	£126	£24	£328	£236	2.2	21	0
31/03/08		£1,221	£1,217	£4	£27	£202	£113	1.1	18	0
31/03/07		£1,168	£1,197	£-29	£16	£194	£161	1.6	20	0
31/03/06	*	£1,092	£1,056	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£833	£911	£-78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£932	£833	£99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Overseas Aid/Famine Relief

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

41 employees
23 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£300,000
Unbound Philanthropy	£200,000
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	£120,000
Comic Relief	£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£49,784

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development)
£150,000	18/03/2023	Strengthening civic space and protecting the right to campaign in the UK
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to British Overseas NGOs for Development
£100,000	15/11/2022	For support of research, campaigning, and mobilizing in local areas in support of refugee, climate, and development justice
Comic Relief - Anti-racism support for the NGO sector.
£50,000	23/03/2021	Bond will develop an anti-racism programme for senior leadership (CEOs and Board members), with hopes that the remaining pieces of work can be scaled up with further funding.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - BOND
£20,000	18/12/2020	Supporting facilitated dialogues within strategically important communities to improve discourse on internationalism, climate change and the intersection between the two issues.
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to British Overseas NGOs for Development
£100,000	10/11/2020 24	For support of research, campaigning, and mobilizing in local areas in support of refugee, climate, and development justice
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development)
£150,000	30/11/2019 36	Enhancing civil society space to operate effectively in the UK
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - British Overseas Ngos for Development
£100,000	26/06/2019	The UK Branch proposes to support Bond, the UK international development network, to undertake sectoral analysis and create a platform for dialogue that will enable the sector to respond practically ....more The UK Branch proposes to support Bond, the UK international development network, to undertake sectoral analysis and create a platform for dialogue that will enable the sector to respond practically to future challenges in a complex, changing world.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support to the Bond Disability and Development Group
£49,784	24/05/2019 24	Support to the Bond Disability and Development Group
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to BOND
£100,000	02/12/2017 24	Enhancing the space for civil society
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Bond
£3,500	13/06/2016	Towards the costs of a one day conference on funders directly funding civil society in the South.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-67

ANUSHREE CHIRAG RAO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker

CHARLOTTE BEACON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

GRAHAM GORDON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Manager, Other trusteeship: PAZ Y ESPERANZA UK,

JASMINA HAYNES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee

JENNIFER LAUREN CODMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker

KATE SAYER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Worker

MONOWARA GANI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Manager

NICHOLAS WARING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director

OTHMAN MOQBEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee

RAINATOU SOW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Manager

STELLA OPOKU-OWUSU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Manager

ZOE ABRAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Of Communications

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/03/1998, number: 1068839
Registered at Companies House on 01/07/1997, number: 03395681

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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; AR12: 9 days late, AR06: 196 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 94 days late,

Main office

BOND
REGENT'S WHARF
8 ALL SAINTS STREET
LONDON
N1 9RL

Objectives

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ARISING OUT OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS, AGE, INFIRMITY AND DISABLEMENT BY PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN SO FAR AS SUCH ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

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