Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES (UK) 

The charity is a grant making charity, providing grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad, funded principally by donations made by affiliate and subsidiary companies of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc and by current and former senior employees of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £69,244,987 available, equivalent to 31 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
30/06/23£19,688£27,079£-7,392£0£69,245£69,24530.700
30/06/22£9,801£36,607£-26,806£0£77,203£77,20325.300
30/06/21£42,753£26,471£16,282£0£107,525£107,52548.700
30/06/20£23,359£19,219£4,140£0£90,799£90,79956.700
30/06/19£21,013£26,480£-5,466£0£86,067£86,0673900
30/06/18£19,494£20,821£-1,328£0£90,903£90,90352.400
30/06/17£23,202£19,419£3,783£0£93,360£93,36057.700
30/06/16£24,560£18,775£5,786£0£89,684£89,68457.300
30/06/15£23,211£23,575£-364£238£83,315£83,31542.400
30/06/14£23,286£18,354£4,933£325£83,656£83,65654.700
30/06/13£19,102£15,530£3,572£316£77,900£77,90060.200
30/06/12£14,299£17,059£-2,760£281£74,177£74,17752.200
30/06/11£37,806£16,815£20,991£197£76,787£76,78754.800
30/06/10£57,566£6,765£50,801£162£55,439£55,43998.300
30/06/09£4,858£867£3,992£211£4,118£4,1185700

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 30.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 5.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

02077741000

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/05/2008, number: 1123956
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/04/2008, number: 06563012
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Plumtree Court
25 Shoe Lane
London
EC4A 4AU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SCOTLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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