Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -2

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

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

UN WOMEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE UK

Supporting the work of UN Women to improve the lives of women and girls and achieving gender and empowerment of women equality globally within civil society, government and the corporate sector.Advocacy, awareness-raising, fundraising, education programmes and outreach activities in support of the above.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£655	£621	£35	£125	£251	£97	1.9	2	95
31/12/22		£667	£617	£49	£127	£216	£109	2.1	2	180
31/12/21	*	£476	£526	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£482	£406	£77	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£321	£327	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	*	£259	£311	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£224	£192	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£232	£194	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 52%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 9 years

www.unwomenuk.org

info@unwomenuk.org

0203 745 1347

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Using mixed reality to make our public spaces safer
£50,000	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10025001
Comic Relief - Build Back Better activism hub for gender equality
£67,000	28/04/2021 9	We are applying for funds to create an activist hub, which will be mobile-first and web-based. When the pandemic hit in 2020, we were running in-person training events for campaigners and activist meet-ups, which had to move online. We released ....more We are applying for funds to create an activist hub, which will be mobile-first and web-based. When the pandemic hit in 2020, we were running in-person training events for campaigners and activist meet-ups, which had to move online. We released there was a need for a safe space where women, girls and marginalized groups could log in, access various educational materials and opportunities to take action, and track their activist journey over time. We spent 2020 doing user interviews, designing and testing the platform. As you will see from our video we are now ready to build the platform itself, and have built the network and knowledge to create a powerful web area allowing people to access activism digitally, which is more accessible for all.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-69

EMMA HOUGHTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

JANE BURKITT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Vice President, Supply Chain

KATHERINE SLADDEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

KATHRYN WORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Secretary

KIM ROWELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Editor

MICHAELA GREENE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

MICHELE OLIVER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Global Vp

ROBERT BAKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

STEVEN EDWARDS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

ZEHRA CHATOO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Connections

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2015, number: 1162741
Registered at Companies House on 24/09/2014, number: 09233969

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

8 returns made; AR21: 25 days late, AR18: 104 days late,

Main office

63-66 Hatton Garden
Fifth Floor
Suite 23
London

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICULARLY BY THE INTRODUCTION OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING AND CREDIT;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS PARTICULARLY IN THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER;3. THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN'S AND GIRLS’ HUMAN RIGHTS AND ELIMINATING ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

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