Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE KITTIWAKE TRUST

Borderline Books: providing free books to organisations working with vulnerable people of all ages. Promoting literacy for all age groups. Free books for prisoners.Multilingual Library with books in 105 languages & dialects; bilingual books for children; language classes; meeting space for refugee groups & others; educational activities. Library of Sanctuary.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£42	£50	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£21	£33	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£84	£48	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£44	£38	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£52	£20	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£22	£22	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£21	£20	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£10	£13	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.kittiwaketrust.org.uk

admin@kittiwaketrust.org.uk

07808704307

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Shears Foundation	£10,500
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£7,500
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Shears Foundation - The Kittiwake Trust
£5,500	11/07/2023	Borderline Books Prison Project
The Shears Foundation - The Kittiwake Trust
£5,000	29/04/2022	Borderline Books Prison Project
Woodward Charitable Trust - continuing our work providing free books to people in prison and supporting prison leavers
£1,500	19/10/2020	Core costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - business rates, utilities and office costs in 2020 / 2021
£2,500	08/10/2020	business rates, utilities and office costs in 2020 / 2021
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Providing disadvantaged children in Gateshead with books during the Covid-19 pandemic
£5,000	22/05/2020	Providing disadvantaged children in Gateshead with books during the Covid-19 pandemic
Woodward Charitable Trust - Costs of sending books to prisoners
£1,000	19/11/2019	Towards the costs of sending books to prisoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Literacy in East Gateshead
£9,800	02/05/2019 12	The funding will be provide access to free books and literacy support for children to help develop their reading skills, as well as creating community literacy spaces for all ages.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Improving Literacy levels in East Gateshead
£10,000	30/01/2019	Improving Literacy levels in East Gateshead

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

AMINA JANE MARIX EVANS Appointed: 2016

ANA JANE MCKENNA Appointed: 2024

JOLA OLAFIMIHAN (Chair) Appointed: 2024

KATHLEEN STCLAIR GIBSON Appointed: 2020

PAMELA ELIZABETH GIBSON Appointed: 2016

ROSIE JENNINGS Appointed: 2018

SJAAK VAN RIJN Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2016, number: 1165318

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 WEST VIEW
WREKENTON
GATESHEAD
NE9 7UY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY: DONATIONS OF BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES, SUPPORT OF LITERACY PROJECTS, A MULTILINGUAL LIBRARY AND SUPPORT OF OTHER PROJECTS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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