Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE RISMAN FOUNDATION 

The Risman Foundation is focused on grant-making and social investment in a variety of areas with emphases on social entrepreneurship, education, sporting endeavour, travel and humanity-related matters.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £51,702,342 available, equivalent to 4539 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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£25,079£137£24,943£0£51,702£51,702453900
31/03/22£15,636£100£15,536£0£26,795£26,7953214.200
31/03/21£9,382£64£9,318£0£11,220£11,2202104.300
31/03/20£262£18£243n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£210£34£175n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£292£11£281£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£169£58£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£168£53£115£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£203£68£135£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£209£13£197£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£221£14£207£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£175£28£147£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£20£5£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£15£0£15£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4539 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4455 months
Quick Ratio: 4485.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/02/2008, number: 1123010
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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 vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR19: 3 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 183 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR09: 61 days late,
Main office

VITRUVIAN PARTNERS
105 WIGMORE STREET
LONDON
W1U 1QY

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR ALL OBJECTS WHICH ARE REGARDED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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