Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST LIMITED 

DOT UK is an affiliate of Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), an international social enterprise headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with local operations around the Globe. DOT UK works to fund and implement DOT's cost-effective, youth-led economic and education development programmes for underserved and disadvantaged young people in UK and transitional economies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 11 years

www.uk.dotrust.org

contact@dotrust.org

07824467813

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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
31/07/22£206£184£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£199£198£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£129£123£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£123£118£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£60£60£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£38£29£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£23£34£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15*£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14*£49£44£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13*£49£44£4£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 49%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Rwanda, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Entrepreneurship Development Programme for Youth with Disabilities
£20,953 24/05/2019
4
Entrepreneurship Development Programme for Youth with Disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - Entrepreneurship Development for Youth with Disabilities
£35,068 16/11/2018
12
Entrepreneurship Development for Youth with Disabilities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-67
  • DOMINIC CHARLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant/Accountant
  • LAURA BOYLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • LAURA KELLY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Business Engagement
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2013, number: 1151167
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/07/2012, number: 08155120
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR15: 37 days late, AR14: 173 days late, AR13: 226 days late,
Main office

WITHERS LLP
20 OLD BAILEY
LONDON
EC4M 7AN

Objectives

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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