Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -7

CHILD MIGRANTS TRUST

Provision of specialist social work services and family research for former child migrants from the UK, to help reclaim their personal identity and reunite with family; Promotion of human rights and restorative justice relating to the treatment of former child migrants; Raising awareness to public understanding of the history of child migration and its implications. Operating in UK and Australia.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/23	£605	£760	£-155	£0	£667	£183	2.9	6
31/03/22	£625	£579	£46	£0	£382	£188	3.9	6
31/03/21	£580	£562	£18	£0	£335	£118	2.5	7
31/03/20	£822	£1,121	£-299	£0	£317	£95	1	9
31/03/19	£1,720	£1,596	£124	£0	£616	£96	0.7	10
31/03/18	£2,156	£1,663	£492	£0	£492	£96	0.7	9

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 28%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 28%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 7 years

www.childmigrantstrust.com

enquiries@childmigrantstrust.com

01159822811

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Throughout England And Wales, United States, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

6 employees

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
Department of Health - Child Migrant Trust 2019/20
£369,383	01/04/2019	Involves a range of social work and related activities, primarily concerned with issues of personal identity, recovery from childhood abuse and reuniting separated families.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

HONORARY ALDERMAN THE HON JOAN EVELYN TAYLOR MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2016

ANTHONY ROE Appointed: 2016

FRANCES SWAINE Appointed: 2021

KEVIN MICHAEL THOMAS Appointed: 2016

PATRICIA ELLEN HIGHAM Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2017, number: 1171479

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
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

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

124 MUSTERS ROAD
WEST BRIDGFORD
NOTTINGHAM
NG2 7PW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1 THE PROTECTION, PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF FORMER CHILD MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES;4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN RELATION TO THE EXTENT, OPERATION, CONSEQUENCES AND ADMINISTRATION OF CHILD MIGRATION SCHEMES (INCLUDING SIMILAR SCHEMES BY WHICH CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES) AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE SUBJECT OF CHILD MIGRANTS AND CHILD MIGRATION SCHEMES AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS; AND4.3 THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF FORMER CHILD MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT 4.3 BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ENGAGE IN OCCASIONAL POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CIO CARRIES OUT THE OBJECTS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, “CHILD MIGRANTS” MEANS BRITISH CHILDREN SENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHOUT A PARENT BY VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE AGENCIES TO AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, THE FORMER RHODESIA OR CANADA ON A PERMANENT BASIS BEFORE 1971 AND “CHILD MIGRANT SCHEME” REFERS TO THE PRACTICE AND POLICY, WITH SUBSIDIES UNDER THE EMPIRE SETTLEMENT ACT 1992 OF ALLOWING VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE AGENCIES TO SEND BRITISH CHILD MIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, THE FORMER RHODESIA OR CANADA ON A PERMANENT BASIS WITHOUT A PARENT BEFORE 1971.

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