Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

FRIENDS OF MORAZAN 

Fundraising to send money to Nicaragua to pay wages and purchase educational equipment for two pre-schools in Puerto Morazan.Providing support for people to go to Nicaragua to assist at the schools.Setting up logistical support (not financed by FoM) to assist visits to PM by teachers from Bristol schools.Providing information to Bristol schools to assist learning about PM and Nicaragua.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/23£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£20£19£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£2£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£5£7£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£19£20£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£3£5£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£8£5£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£3£8£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£10£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£3£0£3£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/06£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

tomhore@ymail.com

01179512193

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, Nicaragua,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Morazan
£2,500 27/03/2024
As requested by the fund holder towards supporting pre-school education in Puerto Morazan, Nicaragua in a number of ways. This donation supports a pre-school classroom building programme as part of ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/09/2005, number: 1111253
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR18: 151 days late, AR14: 117 days late, AR13: 2 days late,
Main office

111 Sommerville Road
BRISTOL
BS6 5BX

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PUERTO MORAZAN, NICARAGUA, IN PARTICULAR BY:PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH INITIATIVES.ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF, AND RAISING AWARENESS AMONGST THE PUBLIC IN BRITAIN, IN PARTICULAR BRISTOL, OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO NICARAGUA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PUERTO MORAZAN, NICARAGUA, BRITAIN, BRISTOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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