Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

AL-BURHAN FOUNDATION 

Operating as a grammar schoolWorking with people in Birmingham to promote education, recreation and life-long learningProvision of classes for basic IT training, sewing, ESOL and other ethnic community languages for children and adults.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,410,748 available, equivalent to 68 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 14 years
(21 years as a company)

http://www.alburhan.org.uk/

admin@alburhan.org.uk

01214405454

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£685£425£260£0£2,411£2,41168.1202
31/03/22£628£403£225£0£2,151£2,15164.1212
31/03/21£543£310£234£0£1,925£1,92574.6295
31/03/20£565£301£265£0£1,691£1,69167.5322
31/03/19£555£289£266£0£1,427£1,42759.3228
31/03/18£413£275£138£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£431£233£198£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£405£216£189£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£373£211£162£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£327£204£123£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£291£212£78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£242£184£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£282£202£80£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 68.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 40 months
Quick Ratio: 9.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2010, number: 1134353
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2002, number: 04490710
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR17: 21 days late, AR16: 23 days late, AR14: 42 days late, AR13: 69 days late, AR11: 192 days late,
Main office

Spring Road Day Centre
258 Spring Road
Tyseley
Birmingham
B11 3DW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIALWELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BALSALL HEATH, SPARKBROOK, SPARK HILL, MOSLEY, SMALL HEATH, BORDESLEY GREEN, SALTLEY, HODGE HILL, HANDSWORTH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Defined Area of Benefit:

BALSALL HEATH, SPARKBROOK, SPARK HILL, MOSLEY, SMALL HEATH, BORDESLEY GREEN, SALTLEY, HODGE HILL, HANDSWORTH AND THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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