Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 2
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

AZBUKA FOUNDATION 

The main objects of the Charity are:* the provision and conduct of a school in London with bilingual Russian-English curriculum;* the promotion of bilingual education;* the provision of educational materials or services, including promotion of Russian language, literature and culture
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Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £119,083 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
Established: 11 years

www.azbukafoundation.org

office@azbukafoundation.org

07810013042

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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
31/08/22£627£670£-43£0£-119£-119-2.1129
31/08/21£449£510£-62n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/08/20£466£407£59n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/08/19£365£397£-32n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/08/18*£97£146£-49£0£0£0n/a02
31/08/17£42£40£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16*£17£30£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15*£25£8£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£0£0£0£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: 338%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 12 employees
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 12/08/2022
EDUCATION AND INTEGRATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM UKRAINE
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 16/04/2019
Enrichment Activities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-69
  • MARIA GAVRILOVA (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Childcare Provider, Head Teach
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/09/2013, number: 1153976
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/2013, number: 08586329
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR18: 12 days late, AR16: 26 days late, AR15: 21 days late,
Main office

1 COPTHALL GARDENS
TWICKENHAM
TW1 4HH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY:A) THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND AND WALES WITH BILINGUAL RUSSIAN-ENGLISH CURRICULUM;B) THE PROMOTION OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION;C) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS OR SERVICES, INCLUDING PROMOTION OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE; ANDD) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE;2) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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