Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FUSION UK

The charity resources and provides one-to-one services to local church communities that enables an understanding of university student culture and allows effective support of students from a Christian perspective.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£732£745£-13£22£252£2464255
31/08/22£790£903£-114£24£265£2593.4280
31/08/21£721£726£-5£7£391£3856.42625
31/08/20£738£646£92£10£355£3496.52525
31/08/19£656£645£11£13£300£2945.522198
31/08/18£599£594£5£28£287£2655.4150
31/08/17£565£524£41£19£281£2585.9130
31/08/16£469£466£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£452£335£117n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£286£259£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£254£228£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£315£239£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£192£224£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10*£220£214£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£233£190£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£197£205£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£172£174£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06*£180£166£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£176£210£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04*£166£179£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 9.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.fusionmovement.org

hello@fusionmovement.org

01509 268505

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£3,000 27/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Fusion UK
£100,000 04/07/2018
24
The Fusion Training proposal: 1. An accredited student work qualification; 2. Fusion-certified student work training; 3. Internal Fusion team training; 4. Multiplication of student leaders; 5. Firebrands conference
Joseph Rank Trust - Fusion UK
£30,000 25/01/2017
36
To fund the Student Linkup project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-62
  • HANNAH MILLER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • JAMES RICHARD HILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director
  • JENNIFER DUDGEON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: None
  • RAMSEY MARTIN FILIPPIDES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Consultant And Cpo
  • ROWAN ALEXANDER KELSEY JACKSON-SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1999, number: 1073572
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/12/1998, number: 03679369
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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; AR10: 46 days late, AR07: 114 days late, AR06: 50 days late, AR04: 97 days late,
Main office

Fusion
Unit 7
30 Meadow Lane
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE11 1JY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELSEWHERE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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