Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST 

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the public and in particular relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the promotion of health, the advancement of education and the advancement of religion
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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£3,566£3,608£-42£45£3,201£1,0573.5015
31/03/22£4,324£3,441£883£30£3,243£1,1874.1015
31/03/21£3,565£3,344£221£44£2,374£1,0393.7015
31/03/20£1,615£1,587£29£87£2,161£9657.3015
31/03/19*£1,949£1,335£614£54£2,117£8267.4015
31/03/18*£1,087£1,116£-29£42£1,480£6577.100
31/03/17*£1,256£1,369£-113£37£1,548£5895.200
31/03/16*£1,459£1,459£1£40£1,661£492400
31/03/15£2,225£1,380£844£78£1,661£4193.600
31/03/14*£1,572£1,631£-59£122£816£2021.500
31/03/13*£1,615£1,161£454£94£875£1992.100
31/03/12*£1,037£1,162£-125£90£422£1731.800
31/03/11£1,323£1,110£213£71£546£1491.600
31/03/10£964£1,269£-305£47£333£670.600
31/03/09£1,103£962£140£7£638£1642.100
31/03/08*£629£528£101£23£498£741.700
31/03/07*£459£389£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£330£256£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£159£105£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£227£96£131£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 61.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.ladyfatemahtrust.org

info@ladyfatemahtrust.org

01494762063

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
The Childhood Trust - GiveIT bridging the DigitalDivide 4 schoolchildren
£25,000 22/06/2021
The LFT's GiveIT campaign gives schoolchildren aged between 7 to 18 years who do not have a digital device in their homes a new or high spec repurposed laptop device to be able to recommend them with ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/11/1998, number: 1072270
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 59 days late, AR18: 184 days late, AR17: 301 days late, AR16: 65 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 131 days late, AR12: 97 days late, AR08: 18 days late, AR07: 141 days late, AR06: 102 days late, AR05: 191 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

SEPTEMBER LODGE
VILLAGE WAY
AMERSHAM
HP7 9PU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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