Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE CLOTHWORKERS' FOUNDATION 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
To make grants to UK frontline charities to support projects or programmes in defined areas of need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £95,138,105 available, equivalent to 131 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
31/12/22*£80,072£8,687£71,385£0£317,656£95,138131.400
31/12/21£11,643£7,988£3,655£0£265,287£102,592154.100
31/12/20£9,285£10,038£-753£0£232,701£91,676109.600
31/12/19£9,725£8,189£1,536£0£228,487£89,232130.800
31/12/18£21,255£7,036£14,219£0£200,879£78,794134.400
31/12/17£5,927£6,247£-319£0£198,246£84,202161.800
31/12/16£6,824£5,991£833£0£180,208£76,552153.300
31/12/15*£6,013£5,909£104£0£156,607£67,167136.400
31/12/14£5,774£6,615£-842£19£147,957£65,099118.100
31/12/13£34,200£6,373£27,828£15£133,322£59,128111.300
31/12/12£4,863£4,942£-79£20£89,237£54,566132.500
31/12/11£4,617£4,845£-228£19£83,832£49,161121.800
31/12/10£4,468£5,572£-1,105£26£88,923£52,279112.600
31/12/09£4,341£3,728£612£120£80,765£48,124154.900
31/12/08£5,589£4,937£652£32£68,925£40,99699.700
31/12/07£8,057£6,384£1,673£15£88,679£52,74699.100
31/12/06£5,173£4,202£971£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3,954£3,561£394£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,335£3,384£-48£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 131.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 35 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 47 years

clothworkersfoundation.org.uk

foundation@clothworkers.co.uk

02076237041

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-72
  • AMIR RIZWAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Investor Relations Director
  • OLA OPOOSUN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/1977, number: 274100
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/07/1977, number: 01321952
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

First Floor, 16 Eastcheap
London
EC3M 1BD

Objectives

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE FOUNDATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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