Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ORT UK FOUNDATION 

To raise funds to support the work of World ORT in providing vocational educational programmes and equipment, particularly in the fields of science and technology, through its network of schools and colleges around the world. Thus helping provide our students with the skills to find employment in their chosen careers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/12/22£1,562£1,544£18£312£271£1651.370
31/12/21£3,151£3,249£-99£280£253£1980.760
31/12/20£821£903£-81£216£352£2973.970
31/12/19*£1,402£1,203£199£380£434£3783.870
31/12/18£1,254£1,378£-124£332£235£1791.661
31/12/17£1,465£1,359£106£322£358£1321.250
31/12/16£1,119£1,163£-45£262£252£197250
31/12/15£1,319£1,312£7£308£297£2412.250
31/12/14£749£681£67£191£290£2354.160
31/12/13£840£881£-41£181£223£1672.340
31/12/12£1,264£1,295£-31£198£264£2091.940
31/12/11£1,166£1,170£-4£161£295£2402.540
31/12/10£1,098£1,268£-170£196£299£2442.330
31/12/09£900£856£43£167£470£4105.730
31/12/08£465£645£-180£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£656£821£-165£235£606£6068.940
31/12/06£971£1,020£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£2,888£190£2,698£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 61%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 5.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.ortuk.org

info@ortuk.org

020 7446 8520

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • 7 employees

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
Pears Foundation - Grant to ORT UK
£15,000 22/02/2022
Annual Donation 2022
Pears Foundation - Grant to ORT UK
£15,000 10/12/2019
1
Discretionary donation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2004, number: 1105254
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2004, number: 05090789
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR19: 17 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE MOSS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST on 25/08/2022
Main office

ORT House
147 Arlington Road
LONDON
NW1 7ET

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND/OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) HELPING JEWS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING DISPLACED PERSONS, REFUGEES AND VICTIMS OF WAR AND PERSECUTION IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY PROMOTING THEIR REHABILITATION THROUGH VOCATIONAL AND AGRICULTURAL TRAINING AND RETRAINING AND BY ESTABLISHING VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, TRAINING FARMS, AND BY PROVIDING PREMISES, LAND, TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, INSTRUCTORS, AND BOOKS THEREFOR AND BY SETTING UP HOSTELS AND BY ORGANISING SYSTEMS OF APPRENTICESHIP WITH SUITABLE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS OR IN GOVERNMENT TRAINING CENTRES, AND FOR THE ABOVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE ONLY TO CO-OPERATE WITH ORT ORGANISATIONS WORLDWIDE AND WITH OTHER BODIES, GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN CARRYING OUT SCHEMES OF RELIEF AND REHABILITATIONO

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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