Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

A T D FOURTH WORLD LIMITED

ATD FOURTH WORLD is an anti-poverty organisation with over 40 years' experience of tackling inequality and promoting social justice in the UKOUR VISION is of a world without persistent povertyOUR MISSION is to build a movement committed to overcoming persistent povertyOUR AIMS are to support families and individuals living in persistent poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23£543£516£28£4£171£1593.7750
31/12/22£391£411£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£387£389£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£401£346£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£450£438£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£420£444£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£430£428£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£346£352£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£330£321£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£358£351£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£353£347£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12?£471£460£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£367£343£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£375£349£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£274£269£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£306£304£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07£294£286£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£232£233£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£212£214£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£204£212£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years
(64 years as a company)

www.atd-uk.org

atd@atd-uk.org

02077033231

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Trust for London - ATD Fourth World
£8,750 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.06.2019-8111
Trust for London - ATD Fourth World
£105,000 02/10/2019
36
The funding is for the Giving Poverty A Voice programme which aims to change local systems, structures and policy by promoting and supporting stronger participatory work to address poverty at an institutional level.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to ATD Fourth World (UK) Ltd
£23,000 29/06/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Project Co-ordinator, management costs, professional trainers and carers fees
National Lottery Community Fund - Kitchen Renovation
£10,000 16/12/2010
12
This is a project by a community group in Southwark. The group will use funding to renovate the kitchen at their drop in centre so that it complies with current health and safety standards. This will enable more community groups to have access to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-78
  • GERTRAUD OTTILIE TRIVEDI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • IAN RALPH WHITEFOOT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • LETITIA JANE PATRICIA MASON (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • LYLE BARKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Researcher
  • SIMON PAUL CHRISTOPHER HAWORTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lecturer / Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 209367
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/03/1960, number: 00654676
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
  • 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
  • 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

A T D FOURTH WORLD
48 ADDINGTON SQUARE
LONDON
SE5 7LB

Objectives

THE STRENGHENING THE TIES OF FAMILY LIFE IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY (INTER ALIA) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CARRYING ON OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES OR CENTRES FOR THE ADMISSION OF COMPLETE FAMILIES IN NEED OF RECUPERATION AND REHABILITATION AND THE DOING OF ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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