Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs high: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 16

BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL

Creating jobs and opportunities to make a living through projects that build essential community facilities, training local builders and communities in construction and business skills, promoting environmentally sound technolgies and appropriate building design.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/23		£1,230	£961	£269	£270	£1,497	£509	6.4	22	12
31/12/22	*	£1,009	£1,254	£-245	£233	£1,144	£618	5.9	30	20
31/12/21		£1,243	£1,094	£149	£219	£1,560	£616	6.8	32	24
31/12/20		£1,141	£953	£188	£204	£1,411	£559	7	31	29
31/12/19		£1,379	£1,190	£189	£257	£1,223	£487	4.9	31	32
31/12/18		£1,358	£1,024	£334	£213	£1,035	£486	5.7	27	0
31/12/17		£1,020	£974	£46	£219	£701	£284	3.5	23	0
31/12/16		£1,023	£978	£45	£235	£655	£315	3.9	23	0
31/12/15		£939	£926	£13	£201	£610	£366	4.7	19	0
31/12/14		£1,010	£838	£173	£197	£597	£333	4.8	15	0
31/12/13		£942	£827	£114	£162	£425	£284	4.1	14	0
31/12/12?		£1,082	£1,155	£-73	£209	£310	£221	2.3	10	0
30/06/11		£752	£545	£208	£100	£383	£250	5.5	9	0
30/06/10		£420	£395	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/09		£255	£232	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/08		£172	£106	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/07		£81	£25	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 28.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 34%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 6.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 18 years

www.builditinternational.org

info@builditinternational.org

07865573443

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International education & child welfare

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Zambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Build It International
£14,700	27/10/2021	Safe Hands projects - to provide Zambian Schools with newly desinged permanent hand washing stations to enable multiple children to wash their hands at once
Tudor Trust - Grant to Build It International
£60,000	18/04/2018 12	towards the construction of a Centre of Excellence in Lusaka, Zambia to provide training in construction skills to young men and women
Tudor Trust - Grant to Build It International
£14,500	11/03/2014	as an additional capital grant towards the completion of a two-bedroom teachers' house and a latrine at the Shipungu School in Zambia

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-69

CHRISTOPHER JOHN JAMES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Engagement Manager

FLORENCE ALICE JANE BEARMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Fundraiser

LUCIE URIEL NACHILIMA KASANGA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Engineer

NASIR ALI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

NEIL PATRICK MACDOUGALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Non Executive Director

OLUWATOYOSI ADEYINKA ODIAKOSA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Coach

RONALD GILBERT FLEMING Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2006, number: 1115989
Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2005, number: 05495358

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR22: 44 days late,

Main office

BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL
Windsor House
Windsor Place
SHREWSBURY
SY1 2BY

Objectives

(3.1) THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(3.1.1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE PARTICULARLY IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITIES;(3.1.2) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;(3.1.3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, OF DEPRIVED AND FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITIES;(3.1.4) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES(3.2) 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT' MEANS DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN SOCIALY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITIES.

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