Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE NATASHA ALLERGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 

Our vision is to prevent and end allergic disease; it is also our mission to bring about positive change by focusing on law and policies, medical research and educating and raising allergy awareness. We want to ensure the needs of allergy sufferers are met in a meaningful way and to offer a real hope that will change the lives of all those living with this life threatening disease.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £12,410,893 available, equivalent to 305 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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£1,649£488£1,161£48£12,504£12,411305.2720
31/03/22£688£1,212£-524£11£11,523£11,523114.1620
31/03/21£170£212£-42n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/20£12,227£668£11,560£2£11,560£11,560207.800
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 305.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 76 months
Quick Ratio: 22.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 5 years

www.narf.org.uk

info@narf.org.uk

07768 104247

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How you can help
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Medical education & research
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • Third Sector Awards 2022 Breakthrough of the Year

How is it governed?

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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/12/2018, number: 1181098
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
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

First Floor
85 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7LT

Objectives

The objectives of the CIO are for the public benefit, the advancement of health through the funding and support of medical and scientific research primarily into food allergies and allergic asthma. The CIO will also support education, wellbeing and community support projects focused on improving the lives of others in the UK or overseas.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase

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