Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE UGLY DUCKLING CHARITY

UDC is a Christian organisation that creates resources that can be used by people of all ages to explore life in all its fullness. We equip people in numerous contexts to have life changing conversations and explore the foundations of living life well; supporting them to look after their well-being (body, mind and soul) and to find purpose and meaning in life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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
31/03/23£130£96£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£85£108£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£74£101£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£106£104£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£102£100£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£89£83£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

http://www.uglyduckling.org.uk

office@theuglyducklingcompany.com

07799831525

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£5,130 05/05/2022
Covid response

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • GRAHAM ALEXANDER MCGILL Appointed: 2017
  • KEITH HOWICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Patent Attorney
  • PHILIP JOHN POOLE Appointed: 2017
  • REV DAVID MARC OWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
  • REV STEPHEN CHARLES TAYLOR Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/05/2017, number: 1173156
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE UGLY DUCKLING COMPANY on 09/08/2022
Main office

The Ugly Duckling Company
124 City Road
LONDON
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

To advance the Christian religion by practically demonstrating the Christian faith, in particular, but not exclusively, through the development of resources that equip people to explore faith, spirituality and wellbeing.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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