Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 20

THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST

The Global Fund for Children works to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world by investing small grants and organisational strengthening support in programmes of innovative community based organisations that engage marginalised and vulnerable children and youth in their communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Established: 17 years

https://www.globalfundforchildren.org

uktrust@globalfundforchildren.org

02081642428

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/06/23	£15,290	£2,905	£12,384	£137	£13,378	£462	1.9	11
30/06/22	£1,438	£1,716	£-278	£69	£993	£406	2.8	6
30/06/21	£3,817	£2,868	£949	£57	£1,271	£252	1.1	4
30/06/20	£696	£462	£233	£77	£321	£46	1.2	1
30/06/19	£344	£378	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18	£311	£403	£-93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/17	£784	£675	£109	£129	£215	£166	2.9	2
30/06/16	£555	£531	£24	£154	£106	£105	2.4	3
30/06/15	£725	£724	£1	£186	£82	£9	0.2	3
30/06/14	£460	£455	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/13	£802	£783	£19	£160	£77	£77	1.2	1
30/06/12	£484	£479	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/11	£720	£696	£24	£43	£52	£52	0.9	1
30/06/10	£96	£83	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/09	£150	£159	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/08	£197	£172	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 55 months
Quick Ratio: 23.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Barking And Dagenham, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hackney, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, ....more

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

11 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Youth Endowment Fund	£4,060,414
National Lottery Community Fund	£499,910
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£400,000
Comic Relief	£240,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Global Fund for Children
£400,000	06/12/2022	Grant to Global Fund for Children to support small charities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Boys and Young Men Initiative - phase 2
£499,910	01/12/2022	The project will work with 14 partner organisations that support boys and young men. The project aims to share learning and ideas and build the capacity of partner organisations. It will support ....more The project will work with 14 partner organisations that support boys and young men. The project aims to share learning and ideas and build the capacity of partner organisations. It will support projects that promote positive and healthy ideas of masculinity.
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST
£3,762,140	31/08/2022
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST
£179,151	30/06/2021
Comic Relief - Funder Safeguarding Collaborative
£240,000	13/10/2020 18	Funder Safeguarding Collaborative to be managed by the Global Fund for Children (GFC) on behalf of the founding donors; Comic Relief, Oak Foundation, Porticus, Global Fund for Children and Big ....more Funder Safeguarding Collaborative to be managed by the Global Fund for Children (GFC) on behalf of the founding donors; Comic Relief, Oak Foundation, Porticus, Global Fund for Children and Big Lottery Community Fund (NLCF). The vision of the Safeguarding Consortium is to increase collaboration amongst funders to advance global safeguarding approaches and practice and will focus on three key areas of delivery: 1. Piloting a small grants programme in the global south (Uganda initially) through a pooled fund. This will be delivered through a locally based intermediary organisation to organisations identifying locally rooted safeguarding needs 2. Policy to Practice Exchange through effective collaboration, learning and strategic alignment 3. Capacity building through training and support packages for funders that can be bought in. This proposal is towards core costs and the pooled fund for small grants pilot
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST
£64,123	30/06/2020
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST
£55,000	30/06/2019
Comic Relief - Reaching the most vulnerable children in the Dominican Republic
£232,138	27/05/2015 36	Many children in Dominican Republic face harsh and dangerous lives. Children working on the street are at risk of all kinds of abuse. Child marriage and teenage pregnancy is extremely high. Migrant ....more Many children in Dominican Republic face harsh and dangerous lives. Children working on the street are at risk of all kinds of abuse. Child marriage and teenage pregnancy is extremely high. Migrant families, many of which are from Haiti, are often deemed illegal so parents cannot officially work and children cannot attend formal schools. As a result, sex work, drug trafficking and unemployment are soaring and a lot of families are affected by HIV and AIDS.The proposed approach is to give grants to small local organisations to help them become more effective by learning from each other to bring lasting change for the children and families they work with. Additionally, there will be support for families of children at risk by providing medical care and counselling; children will be taught the skills to survive and projects funded will provide educational support such access to schooling and help with after school homework.As a result, children stop harmful work and are better protected from HIV and early pregnancy and have improved education and skills.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-58

ANTOINE DEGUILLENCHMIDT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Managing Director

HAYLEY ROFFEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive

JOHN HECKLINGER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer & President

KIRAN MOORTHY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Investment Banker

MARINE ABIAD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

MARK WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

MICHEL ANTAKLY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director

MUNA MUNZER WEHBE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Strategic Advisor

SONAL NIRAL PATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo Gmsp Foundation, Other trusteeship: GOD MY SILENT PARTNER FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2007, number: 1119544
Registered at Companies House on 18/12/2006, number: 06031876

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; all on time

Main office

Global Fund for Children UK Trust
Work.Life
4 Crown Place
London
EC2A 4BT

Objectives

ARE TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS THE CHARITABLE IN ENGLISH LAW FROM TIME TO TIME AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OVERSEAS

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