Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 8

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Very static board: -5

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE BENIN TRUST

Provision of senior citizen support and volunteering, organizing youth mentoring and health promotion including sports and recreational services, delivering vocational education including entrepreneurship, film-making, arts and mother tongue language training , offering job-search, capacity building workshops, research , promotion of black history and other general charitable activities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/10/22	*	£67	£16	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/21		£36	£35	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/20	*	£23	£23	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/19	*	£24	£23	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/18		£23	£22	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/17	*	£23	£22	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/16		£22	£22	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/15		£20	£17	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/14	*	£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/13		£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/12		£9	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/11		£10	£9	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/10		£9	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/09		£3	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/08		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/07		£4	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 18 years

www.thebenintrust.com

thebenintrust@gmail.com

02085221565

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Benin, Nigeria, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Afrofest: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration
£10,000	08/07/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a multicultural celebration to commemorate the Queens Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring people together and build strong relationships.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Benin Trust
£83,574	08/06/2022	EBIRA TRADITIONAL WEAVING RESEARCH PROJECT

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

DAMILOLA ALABI Appointed: 2016

JUSTIN OLOYA MA Appointed: 2013

REV HOFFMAN FRIMPONG-MANSO Appointed: 2013

STEWART BOWIE Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2006, number: 1116338

Gift Aid

NOT 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

16 returns made; AR22: 112 days late, AR20: 1 days late, AR19: 87 days late, AR17: 12 days late, AR14: 7 days late,

Main office

First Floor
21 - 23 Woodgrange Road
LONDON
E7 8BA

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG THE PEOPLE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AND TO PROVIDE DISADVANTAGED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE WHICH THEY NEED TO GET PAID JOBS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY IN WAYS WHICH ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE. (B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG PEOPLE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY DEPLOYING HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES, MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS WHICH SUCH PERSONS COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONS WHICH GIVE HELP TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. (C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND RAISING AWARENESS OF SUCH ISSUES, BY PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, ORGANISING SEMINARS, FORUMS, AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.