Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION

The charity's focus is on the charitable advancement of education, human rights and the right to information. In support of this its main activities are currently: 1. news literacy programmes for children 2. international media capacity-building programmes 3. the Scott Trust Bursary scheme and Hugo Young Award for jounalism students 4. maintenance and operation of the Guardian and Observer archive

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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	*	£1,421	£1,305	£116	£0	£451	£217	2	15	125
31/03/22		£1,118	£1,160	£-42	£0	£335	£135	1.4	12	125
31/03/21		£977	£996	£-19	£0	£377	£171	2.1	12	127
31/03/20		£1,504	£1,277	£227	£0	£396	£151	1.4	10	171
31/03/19		£815	£923	£-108	£0	£169	£120	1.6	10	163
31/03/18		£1,091	£838	£253	£0	£277	£77	1.1	9	0
31/03/17		£628	£624	£4	£0	£24	£24	0.5	8	0
31/03/16		£563	£581	£-19	£0	£19	£19	0.4	1	0
31/03/15		£180	£141	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 6.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 11 years

www.theguardianfoundation.org

info@theguardianfoundation.org

02033532369

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

15 employees
125 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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£50,000
DCMS	£28,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Nesta	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Media Literacy Train the Trainer Grant Scheme- The Guardian Foundation
£28,000	01/04/2021	This grant will be used to support this organisation to adapt their media literacy resources to be tailored for schools and teachers working with children with SEND (special educational needs and ....more This grant will be used to support this organisation to adapt their media literacy resources to be tailored for schools and teachers working with children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities). This supports the DCMS Online Media Literacy Strategy objectives to improve access to media literacy resources for audiences who are vulnerable online.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	31/07/2020	NewsWise
Nesta - AC01021
£10,000	05/03/2020 7	2020 Democracy Pioneers programme grant to The Guardian Foundation Grant Ref AC01021
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Made in Britain: A place-based, collaborative approach to video journalism
£50,000	25/11/2019 12	To support Heartlands, a place-based video journalism training programme, examining the social challenges people face, working collaboratively to empower local people to tell their stories.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-55

PROF REV KEITH MAGEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Public Intellectual

RANDEEP RAMESH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Journalist

GARY ANDREW YOUNGE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Journalist

MELODY PATRY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Advocacy Director

NINA BLACKWELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Non Profit Executive Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2013, number: 1153865
Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2013, number: 08437335

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

10 returns made; AR23: 5 days late,

Main office

THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION
KINGS PLACE
90 YORK WAY
LONDON
N1 9GU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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