Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

ZINTHIYA GANESHPANCHAN TRUST 

Support women and families from disadvantaged backgrounds such as women fleeing abuse, BAME groups, individuals facing money, debt and fuel poverty, people who are homeless or facing homelessness, ex-offenders and at risk of offending, long term unemployed and those suffering form mental/physical disability. We provide confidential, non judgemental person centred advise and practical support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 14 years

www.zinthiyatrust.org

zinthiya.trust@gmail.com

0116 254 5168

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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£674£653£21£4£351£1021.92128
31/03/22£816£754£62£0£330£851.42035
31/03/21£721£545£176£1£268£561.21825
31/03/20£406£326£79n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19*£341£337£3n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/18£283£284£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£265£234£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£154£172£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£88£96£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£53£54£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£22£18£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£21£21£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£23£22£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 13.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 21 employees
  • 28 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund£775,452
Henry Smith Charity£140,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,563
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£58,500
Barrow Cadbury Trust£40,000
Power to Change£29,308
Smallwood Trust£17,280
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£5,000 07/03/2023
Towards core costs
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 20/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's weekly support group
£9,820 21/10/2022
The funding will be used to run a weekly women's support group in Leicester particularly for those who are living alone in shelters and have limited social networks. The project aims to decrease ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic/Financial abuse and after reporting support project
£499,000 20/10/2022
This continuation funding will support Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust to deliver support to ethnic minority communities in Leicester and Leicestershire facing domestic violence and financial abuse. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£50,000 21/06/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
Smallwood Trust - Funding for distribution as grants to individuals
£17,280 16/12/2021
This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£140,000 08/12/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting women and girls from BAME communities at risk of or fleeing violence in Leicestershire.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£40,000 30/09/2020
7
To enable ZGT to continue to provide support to women refugees and migrants experiencing domestic abuse.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£30,000 16/09/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£29,308 16/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£8,385 23/07/2020
Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£3,060 03/07/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of IT equipment for a charity that supports disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leicester
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£15,500 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting vulnerable women through COVD-19
£7,600 15/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide emergency accommodation food and sanitary products for women who are not entitled to public funding and are fleeing violence. The project aims to support their ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£13,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£3,000 05/05/2020
12
Covid Fund Small Grant unrestricted core costs
CAF - Grant to The Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan
£2,400 21/04/2020
Grant to The Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan to support the organisation through COVID19
Crisis UK - Grant to Zinthiya Trust
£5,000 03/04/2020
Accommodation for women with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) fleeing violence
The MSE Charity - Grant to The Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£6,151 15/11/2019
Sustain Home Project - contribution to advisor salary costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Financial Abuse Project
£259,032 25/07/2019
36
This project will provide specialist financial abuse support for women and girls from black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee communities, alongside an increased level of support for victims of ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£14,928 26/06/2019
12
The grant will support this Leicester based charity to develop a fundraising strategy and increase the skills base of the charity to increase unrestricted funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£12,262 25/01/2017
12
support for PQASSO & AQS Quality standards and the creation of a marketing and communication strategy including audit costs, training and additional staff time
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£254,471 29/03/2016
36
Women and girls will be empowered to tell their stories, in a safe way, of female genital mutilation, honour based violence and forced marriages. The aim is to reach out to others facing similar ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
£3,000 12/09/2013
towards one year's running costs of a day centre for vulnerable women in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching 'In Need' Women
£10,000 31/01/2013
12
This charity in Leicester will use the funding to provide employment training, work experience placements and support for women who are not currently in employment, education or training.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/08/2010, number: 1137350
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR19: 3 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR14: 11 days late, AR13: 2 days late,
Main office

12 Bishop Street
Leicester
LE1 6AF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE NEED AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONGST PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FEMALE OFFENDERS, EX OFFENDERS, THOSE AFFECTED BY DRUGS OR THOSE EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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