Causes
 X
Resources
 X
User Services
 X
home >> charity search >> the kittiwake trust
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

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 have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year


miles
Established: 8 years

www.kittiwaketrust.org.uk

admin@kittiwaketrust.org.uk

07808704307

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookInstagramX
UN SDGs
?

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
31/12/22£21£33£-12n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/21£84£48£36n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/20£44£38£6n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/19£52£20£32n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/18£22£22£1£0£0£0n/a030
31/12/17£21£20£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£10£13£-3£0£0£0n/a00
Show more rows -->

Download accounts
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
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
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 works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
The Shears Foundation£10,500
National Lottery Community Fund£9,800
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£7,500
Woodward Charitable Trust£2,500
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
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2016, number: 1165318
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
 The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
 Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
 In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more
Giving is Great
Share

LinkedIn

WhatsApp
Copy Link
×