Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    SMALLWOOD TRUST 

    The Smallwood Trust's mission is to enable women to be financially resilient. Our funding is allocated under three main programmes: 1) grants to women-led and women focused third sector organisations 2) grants and support to individuals in need and 3) funding to amplify policy issues and solutions to gender poverty
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

    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
    31/12/22£1,260£3,063£-1,803£0£29,548£3591.4104
    31/12/21£2,088£4,189£-2,101£0£35,284£760.2103
    31/12/20£3,730£5,140£-1,410£0£34,483£6711.670
    31/12/19£1,439£1,952£-513£0£36,608£1,2277.550
    31/12/18£1,258£1,485£-226£0£32,813£1,58712.855
    31/12/17£1,393£1,408£-15£0£35,509£1,67214.340
    31/12/16£898£890£8£1£32,668£1,5572140
    31/12/15£1,075£931£144£22£29,783£1,51919.640
    31/12/14£886£859£27£36£29,656£1,2881840
    31/12/13£914£861£54£20£28,921£1,1491640
    31/12/12£885£837£47£20£25,240£99614.340
    31/12/11£888£1,153£-265£18£23,365£8558.950
    31/12/10£839£1,049£-209£17£24,863£1,04111.950
    31/12/09£799£1,061£-262£17£22,820£1,20913.750
    31/12/08£1,000£1,036£-36£22£19,977£1,36615.850
    31/12/07£937£977£-40£19£25,368£1,50718.550
    31/12/06£787£986£-199£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/05£662£907£-245£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/04£793£1,015£-222£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 2%
    Liabilities/Income: 58%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
    Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.5
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 62 years

    www.smallwoodtrust.org.uk

    info@smallwoodtrust.org.uk

    01684574645

    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for females
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 10 employees
    • 4 volunteers

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Urgent Support Fund
    £3,210,000 17/01/2023
    The project will provide grant funding to organisations led by and supporting women to cope with the cost-of-living crisis. This includes emergency and longer-term funding meeting both immediate ....more
    DCMS - CMC - Smallwood Trust
    £2,100,000 28/09/2020
    This project has been funded as part of the Community Match Challenge, which aims to provide a match fund grant to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations for onward distribution ....more
    DCMS - Smallwood Trust (formally Society for the Assistance of Ladies in Reduced Circumstances)
    £74,312 01/04/2019
    The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls
    DCMS - Smallwood Trust (formally Society for the Assistance of Ladies in Reduced Circumstances)
    £70,000 01/04/2018
    The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls
    DCMS - Smallwood Trust (formally Society for the Assistance of Ladies in Reduced Circumstances)
    £69,625 15/12/2017
    The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • Smallwood Trust (Trustee) Limited
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 205798
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from JANE GODWIN PENSION CHARITY on 29/10/2019
    Main office

    Smallwood Trust
    25 Hornyold Road
    MALVERN
    WR14 1QQ

    Objectives

    THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF LADIES IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES IN SUCH WAY OR WAYS AS THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE RECIPIENTS

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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