Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS UK FOUNDATION 

Big Brothers Big Sisters UK is a national charity enabling long term mentoring relationships of children at risk by a trusted adult. The aim is to help children fulfill their potential. It has brought the model from the US and adapted for the UK context. We work in partnership to fulfill our objectives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently 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
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/22*£70,500£72,217£-1,7170
30/06/21*£50,000£24,000£26,0000
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

nicholaswbooth@gmail.com

07528218489

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
ZING£60,000
Dulverton Trust£50,000
Pears Foundation£30,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
ZING - Core funding toward the continued development of a digital platform to track and support Big Brothers and Big Sisters in the UK
£30,000 01/03/2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters UK has replicated the US model in Oxford since 2017, supporting 60+ children and their families. Throughout the pandemic, they began to develop a web app to support the ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters
£30,000 03/12/2021
Pears DCMS Volunteering Futures Fund
ZING - Core funding toward the continued early stage development of a digital platform to track and support Big Brothers and Big Sisters
£30,000 01/09/2021
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Big Brothers Big Sisters UK has replicated the US model in Oxford since 2017, supporting 60+ children and their families. Throughout the pandemic, they began to develop a web app to support the ....more
Dulverton Trust - Roll out of the BBBS programme
£50,000 21/10/2020
Roll out of the BBBS programme
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Mentoring children on the edge of care
£20,000 17/02/2020
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBSUK) is a project based in Oxfordshire and run in partnership between Oxfordshire County Council Children's Services and Oxford Hub. It creates long term mentoring and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2020, number: 1191881
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/2019, number: 12043014
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR22: 17 days late, AR21: 5 days late,
Main office

6 Wingfield Close
Ewelme
WALLINGFORD
Oxfordshire
OX10 6JY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF MENTORING AND SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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