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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE BUSOGA TRUST 

Busoga Trust is a UK based, Christian charity which has as its principal aims the raising of money for water development projects in the rural areas of Uganda with a major emphasis on sanitation and health education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/23£1,065£1,074£-9£25£113£1111.2572
31/03/22£996£1,096£-100£26£121£1061.2622
31/03/21£1,040£950£90£25£221£2052.6582
31/03/20£602£553£49£18£132£1092.4502
31/03/19£378£564£-186n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£667£496£171£19£268£2536.1510
31/03/17£418£458£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£425£497£-72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£593£623£-30£38£210£2104510
31/03/14£621£549£72£27£240£2405.2420
31/03/13£624£664£-40£27£176£1763.2400
31/03/12£543£483£60£28£216£1704.2330
31/03/11£573£515£58£26£156£821.9400
31/03/10£574£551£23£33£98£390.8420
31/03/09*£302£356£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£259£300£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£221£253£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£305£186£119£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£117£141£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£204£146£58£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 56%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Established: 40 years

www.busogatrust.co.uk

ukhq@busogatrust.co.uk

020 8144 5865

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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Uganda,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 57 employees
  • 2 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
Dulverton Trust - Borehole Rehabilitation
£30,000 08/06/2022
Borehole Rehabilitation
Dulverton Trust - Borehole Rehabilitation in response to Covid-19
£32,500 21/10/2020
Borehole Rehabilitation in response to Covid-19
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Busoga Trust
£12,000 26/06/2020
Continuation of water rehabiliatation programme in Busoga, Uganda

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-82
  • ROB SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/1983, number: 288388
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/11/1983, number: 01773933
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 19 days late,
Main office

THE BUSOGA TRUST
82 ST JOHN STREET
LONDON
EC1M 4JN

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN THE BUSOGA REGION OF UGANDA, 2. THE PROMOTION OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN UGANDA AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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