Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE FAITH & BELIEF FORUM 

Building good relations between people of all faiths and beliefs
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be 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
Established: 7 years

https://faithbeliefforum.org/

info@faithbeliefforum.org

02074829549

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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
31/03/23£903£983£-80£8£229£1722.1190
31/03/22£884£820£64£79£309£2774.1250
31/03/21£1,028£878£150£58£245£1822.5180
31/03/20£869£913£-44£56£95£951.31780
31/03/19£1,027£1,020£8£5£139£1281.52180
31/03/18£891£912£-21£3£132£751190

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Germany, Israel, Sweden, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 19 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£208,710
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£184,390
Culham St Gabriel's Trust£102,960
John Lyon's Charity£72,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
Dulverton Trust£50,000
London Marathon Charitable Trust£20,000
LGBT Consortium£11,599
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Walking together in Barking and Dagenham
£20,000 01/05/2022
towards a collaborative walking project bringing together community groups of diverse faiths and religions to make connections through organised walks, it will culminate in a free mass participation ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 05/11/2021
Core Funding for the Faith and Belief Forum
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The Faith & Belief Forum
£72,000 16/06/2021
Dialogue and Identity Workshops for Students
Tudor Trust - Grant to The Faith and Belief Forum
£2,000 19/04/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation to deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Faith and Belief Forum (F&BF)
£208,710 18/02/2021
£208,710 over 5 years (£34,760; £36,820; £42,960; £45,650; £48,520) towards a 0.4 FTE Co-ordinator and associated running costs.
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - To better align attitudes of key stakeholders within the education sector, but ‘outside the classroom’ to the critical importance of good teaching of Religion and Worldviews (RW) inside the classroom.
£51,480 17/12/2020
The target groups include headteachers, school governors, CEOs of MATS as well as civil servants at both local and national levels who have roles in advising and implementing education policy. They ....more
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - To better align attitudes of key stakeholders within the education sector, but ‘outside the classroom’ to the critical importance of good teaching of Religion and Worldviews (RW) inside the classroom.
£51,480 17/12/2020
The target groups include headteachers, school governors, CEOs of MATS as well as civil servants at both local and national levels who have roles in advising and implementing education policy. They ....more
LGBT Consortium - Grant to The Faith and Belief Forum
£8,899 28/10/2020
Awarded from Consortium through core funds repurposed for essential grants. A national online support network for LGBT+ People of Faith reaching 200 people, to help with support and isolation during ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 17/07/2020
Create, Update, Evolve: Supporting the next phase of the Faith and Belief Forum's development
Dulverton Trust - ParliaMentors
£50,000 10/06/2020
ParliaMentors
LGBT Consortium - Grant to The Faith & Belief Forum
£2,700 30/04/2020
Grant to establish a new solidarity network with and for LGBT people of faith (LGBT PoF) in London.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - FAITH RACE HATE - GRANT SCHEME
£184,390 01/04/2020
To promote shared values among people of all backgrounds through sustainable social integration
Dulverton Trust - ParliaMentors Leadership Programme 2018-19
£25,000 14/02/2018
ParliaMentors Leadership Programme 2018-19
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Faith & Belief Forum
£40,000 09/03/2017
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Dulverton Trust - ParliaMentors Leadership Programme
£25,000 15/02/2017
ParliaMentors Leadership Programme
Dulverton Trust - ParliaMentors Leadership Programme
£25,000 04/02/2015
ParliaMentors Leadership Programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

  • MARK ALAN FOX Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Banker/Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2017, number: 1173369
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
  • 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
Main office

The Faith & Belief Forum
Star House
104-108 Grafton Road
LONDON
NW5 4BA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND GOOD COMMUNAL RELATIONS THROUGH PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF, AND RESPECT FOR, THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS, AND BELIEFS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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