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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

FORWARD THINKING

An independent and non-denominational charity, addresses the social isolation of Muslim communities in Britain. Over the past year, the Middle East Programme has sought to engage in and promote an inclusive dialogue with a variety of Israeli and Palestinian actors, as well as with opinion-shapers and key figures in neighbouring and EU countries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
31/07/23£573£702£-129£0£127£2080
31/07/22£623£815£-192£0£256£370.590
31/07/21£563£604£-40£0£448£390.8100
31/07/20£625£633£-8£0£491£731.490
31/07/19£964£739£225£0£499£210.370
31/07/18£734£928£-194£0£274£180.270
31/07/17£1,090£783£307£0£468£0070
31/07/16£655£640£15£0£161£681.370
31/07/15£321£515£-194n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£529£534£-4£41£340£1643.740
31/07/13£654£522£131£43£344£1232.840
31/07/12£517£448£69£60£213£-114-3.150
31/07/11£483£437£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£360£397£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09£399£418£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08£375£449£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£389£329£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£420£289£132n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£178£142£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.forward-thinking.org

admin@forward-thinking.org

02080641396

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Egypt, Finland, Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Throughout England And Wales, Tunisia, Turkey,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000 25/01/2022
Core Funding
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000 17/02/2020
24
Core funding
Dulverton Trust - Building Bridges Programme
£135,000 23/10/2019
Building Bridges Programme
John Ellerman Foundation - salaries of the UK Programme Manager and UK Programme Assistant to run the "Building Bridges" programme
£135,000 23/05/2019
36
Towards the costs of the 'Building Bridges' programme, which promotes equality and inclusion by supporting Muslim communities to engage with the establishment
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000 20/02/2018
24
Core funding
Dulverton Trust - UK 'Building Bridges' Programme
£70,540 14/06/2017
UK 'Building Bridges' Programme
John Ellerman Foundation - Engagement programme with British Muslims and media, political establishment and policy
£45,000 21/07/2016
18
Towards core costs, specifically to run programmes and events which build bridges between divided communities and give a voice to young British Muslim communities.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000 13/01/2016
24
Core funding
Dulverton Trust - Building Bridges with Muslim Communities
£30,000 21/10/2015
Building Bridges with Muslim Communities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • CHRISTOPHER PAUL BAKE Appointed: 2024
  • DYMPNA MAY Appointed: 2021
  • FRANCIS CAMPBELL Appointed: 2014
  • JEREMY QUENTIN GREENSTOCK Appointed: 2019
  • LAURENCE JUSTIN DOWLEY Appointed: 2019
  • MICHAEL HOLLAND
  • MR CHRIS DONNELLY
  • WILLIAM MATTHEW TIMOTHY SIEGHART (Chair)
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2004, number: 1105206
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Forward Thinking
1 Quality Court
London

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING MORE INFORMED DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT FACTIONS WITHIN SAME FAITH COMMUNITIES AND BETWEEN DIFFERENT FAITH AND RACIAL GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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