Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE MONEY CHARITY 

The Money Charity is the UK's financial capability (financial education) charity. We develop and deliver products and services which provide education, information and advice on money matters, in an appropriate way for young people and adults.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 19 years

www.themoneycharity.org.uk

hello@themoneycharity.org.uk

02070628933

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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
31/12/22£721£524£197£46£442£1503.491
31/12/21£396£436£-41n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£273£432£-159n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/19£634£636£-2£70£445£3005.796
31/12/18£625£542£83£46£447£2695.980
31/12/17£672£609£63£67£365£2174.390
31/12/16£452£448£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£705£437£268£6£448£2025.580
31/12/14£441£585£-144£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£692£601£91£4£325£1603.280
31/12/12£577£505£72£5£234£1383.3110
31/12/11£478£514£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£587£476£111£15£198£451.1110
31/12/09?£362£378£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£389£422£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£327£317£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£512£372£140£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 34%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 1 volunteer

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
National Lottery Community Fund£18,901
Seafarers UK£16,060
The MSE Charity£14,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The MSE Charity - Grant to The Money Charity
£7,500 29/03/2024
Funding the delivery of 15 money workshops to around 150 young people and adults with special educational needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Financial Wellbeing Programme
£9,000 16/09/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a financial wellbeing programme for refugees. The project aims to help them live a financially healthy life in England reducing the risk of financial stress and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 09/09/2022
Money Workshops to improve the financial wellbeing of young people and adults across the UK
Seafarers UK - Grant to The Money Charity
£5,100 03/03/2022
Grant funding to develop and deliver a new financial capability webinar for caseworkers, support workers and volunteers supporting the financial resilience of UK merchant seafarers.
Seafarers UK - Grant to The Money Charity
£2,200 10/06/2021
Grant funding towards costs incurred in completing the development of a financial capability training course and webinar to enhance the financial resilience of fishers.
The MSE Charity - Grant to The Money Charity
£7,200 15/04/2021
Covid Response Money Workshops for Vulnerable Young Adults across the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Your Money and Covid
£9,901 12/03/2021
12
The funding will support people with money matters and issues like decreased household income and as such rates of financial stress and levels of household debt increasing significantly. It offers ....more
Seafarers UK - Grant to The Money Charity
£8,760 11/03/2021
Grant funding to develop and deliver a financial capability training course for fishers and a webinar on financial capability for financial 'champions' within fishing communities across the UK which ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 29/05/2019
Financial Capability Education for Less Advantaged Young People
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Financial Wellbeing
£9,200 31/01/2019
12
The project will develop a financial wellbeing programme aimed at supporting refugees. This will provide refugees with essential knowledge and skills whilst helping them build support networks.
Dulverton Trust - Core Support
£30,000 14/02/2018
Core Support
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£35,000 20/06/2017
Financial Capability Education for Less Advantaged Young People
Dulverton Trust - Core Costs
£25,000 10/06/2015
Core Costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-49
  • JUSTIN BASINI (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo And Founder
  • RUDI NICHOLLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Value Manager - Clarion Housing Group
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/11/2004, number: 1106941
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/09/2004, number: 05244075
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Money Charity
15 Prescott Place
LONDON
SW4 6BS

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING MONEY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION, ADVICE AND INFORMATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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