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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WESEEHOPE 

WeSeeHope is an international development organisation committed to creating sustainable change for vulnerable children across East Africa through community-led education, child rights and economic empowerment programmes developed and delivered in partnership with local NGOs and community-based organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 24 years

www.weseehope.org.uk

hello@weseehope.org.uk

02082881196

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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
30/06/23£1,401£1,239£162£358£839£827890
30/06/22£947£1,248£-301£331£681£6776.590
30/06/21£734£1,162£-428£361£1,083£1,05710.9100
30/06/20£1,286£1,151£135£309£1,321£1,19612.5100
30/06/19£1,266£1,279£-13£297£1,155£1,0549.990
30/06/18£1,307£1,376£-68£313£1,134£1,0218.990
30/06/17£1,304£1,400£-96£239£1,184£1,053970
30/06/16£1,535£1,267£268£276£1,225£1,10510.580
30/06/15£1,096£1,124£-28£241£951£843970
30/06/14£1,432£1,069£363£193£972£8249.270
30/06/13£1,470£1,111£359£222£609£4795.270
30/06/12£1,153£1,087£66£276£253£2132.370
30/06/11£1,124£1,075£49£271£192£1741.970
30/06/10£1,283£1,483£-199£500£148£630.570
30/06/09£1,285£1,227£59£256£343£3133.160
30/06/08£1,333£1,368£-35£239£283£2111.840
30/06/07£1,017£936£81£193£317£3073.960
30/06/06£717£559£157£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£703£797£-94£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£423£776£-353£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 26.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda,

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
ZING - Core funding in response to COVID19
£15,000 01/07/2020
12
Core funding in response to COVID19, toward coverage of a shortage in event fundraising, which was due to run during the UK lockdown.
ZING - Core funding in response to COVID19
£35,000 01/04/2020
12
Core funding in response to COVID19, toward coverage of a shortage in event fundraising, which was due to run during the UK lockdown.
ZING - VIP programme
£105,000 01/04/2019
12
Funding to continue scaling the Village Investor Programme (VIP) which enables communities to economically support vulnerable children for the long term.
ZING - VIP programme
£100,000 01/04/2018
12
Funding to further scale the Village Investor Programme (VIP) which enables communities to economically support vulnerable children for the long term.
ZING - VIP programme
£100,000 01/05/2017
12
Funding to further scale the Village Investor Programme (VIP) which enables communities to economically support vulnerable children for the long term.
ZING - VIP programme
£105,000 01/01/2016
12
Funding to further scale the Village Investor Programme (VIP) which enables communities to economically support vulnerable children for the long term.
ZING - VIP programme
£50,000 01/06/2015
6
Funding to further scale the Village Investor Programme (VIP) which enables communities to economically support vulnerable children for the long term.
ZING - VSLA pilot
£50,000 01/09/2014
To support the scaling up of the Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) pilot in East Africa
ZING - ACET and VSLA pilot
£50,000 01/09/2013
To support the ACET Orphans Affair Council and Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA)
ZING - Chikombola Youth Project, ACET and VSLA pilot
£55,000 01/07/2012
Funds are split into two sections: 30,000 funds to continue support of the Chikombola Youth Project, and the remaining 25,000 to support the ACET Orphans Affair Council and Village Savings and Loans ....more
ZING - Chikambola Youth Project
£60,000 01/12/2010
12
Economic Empowerment/ Sustainable Livelihoods Programme at Chikambola Youth Project in Zambia
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-75
  • ADRIAN GOSLING Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Charity Operations Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2000, number: 1079385
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/2000, number: 03926278
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

WeSeeHope
PO Box 397
Tadworth
KT20 9GB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF ILL-HEALTH AND SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF ORPHANS AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND BEYOND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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