Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE BANNER OF TRUTH TRUST 

PUBLISHING CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND ORGANISING CONFERENCES
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £6,961,208 available, equivalent to 39 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/03/22*£2,655£2,142£513£0£7,029£6,96139160
31/03/21*£2,177£1,922£255£0£6,504£6,40140120
31/03/20£1,968£1,537£430£0£5,942£5,82445.5120
31/03/19£1,613£1,578£35£0£5,765£5,66443.1120
31/03/18£1,622£1,474£147£0£5,698£5,57545.4120
31/03/17£1,809£1,329£480£0£5,635£5,58050.4120
31/03/16£1,432£1,065£367£0£4,900£4,84854.6110
31/03/15£1,276£977£299£23£4,646£4,56856.1100
31/03/14£868£1,124£-256£21£4,247£4,16744.5110
31/03/13£1,009£1,082£-73£28£4,435£4,38748.7110
31/03/12£1,069£1,079£-10£25£4,336£4,29647.8110
31/03/11£1,019£995£23£29£4,370£4,31552100
31/03/10£1,260£871£389£35£4,290£4,23158.3110
31/03/09£1,601£1,066£535£25£3,662£3,56840.280
31/03/08£1,944£902£1,042£20£3,113£3,05740.7110
31/03/07£846£837£9£17£2,071£2,01128.8140
31/03/06£893£844£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£805£1,058£-253£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£906£964£-58£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 39 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 27 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 59 years

www.banneroftruth.co.uk

info@banneroftruth.co.uk

01313377310

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Scotland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 16 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/1965, number: 235652
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 114 days late, AR21: 86 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WELWYN BOOKS LIMITED on 09/01/2023
Main office

THE GREY HOUSE
3 MURRAYFIELD ROAD
EDINBURGH
EH12 6EL

Objectives

THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT AND DISSEMINATION TO ENHANCE THE BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PERTICULAR THAT ASPECT OF THE SAID FAITH AS TAUGHT BY THE PROTESTANT REFORMERS AND ENGLISH PURITANS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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