Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE BLUE THREAD

The Blue Thread does not accept unsolicited applications for support

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
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
05/04/23		£2,941	£4,887	£-1,946	£0	£3,361	£1,031	2.5	2
05/04/22		£5,491	£847	£4,645	£0	£5,352	£1,352	19.2	1
05/04/21		£917	£474	£443	£1	£707	£698	17.7	1
05/04/20		£219	£320	£-101	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/19	*	£141	£184	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/18	*	£463	£206	£258	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/17		£92	£234	£-142	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/16		£139	£286	£-147	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/15		£519	£222	£297	£2	£436	£436	23.6	0
05/04/14		£64	£250	£-186	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/13		£50	£229	£-179	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/12		£172	£213	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/11		£643	£141	£502	£3	£545	£542	46.2	0
05/04/10		£141	£98	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 31%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 13.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 15 years

http://www.thebluethread.org.uk/

hannah@grabiner.com

07879087435

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - The Blue Thread
£100,000	03/05/2022	Grant making charity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

AMY GRABINER Appointed: 2022

DANIEL GRABINER Appointed: 2012

EMILY ROSE GRABINER-WOLFSON Appointed: 2022

JOSEPH GRABINER Appointed: 2012

MIRIAM GRABINER

SARAH GRABINER

STEPHEN GRABINER

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2009, number: 1130704

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 8 days late,

Main office

17 Portland Place
London
W1B 1PU

Objectives

FOR ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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