Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

APT ACTION ON POVERTY 

APT Action on Poverty is a dynamic charity working to transform the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Africa and South Asia.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 39 years

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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£808£950£-142£81£428£2853.666
31/12/21£941£784£157£60£570£2914.560
31/12/20£841£807£34£34£413£2734.151
31/12/19£527£550£-23£21£379£1934.251
31/12/18£938£773£166£17£402£190352
31/12/17£486£535£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£760£882£-121£20£285£1702.360
31/12/15£1,149£1,211£-61£31£406£1711.740
31/12/14£1,458£1,292£166£35£468£1471.450
31/12/13£1,124£1,328£-204£28£302£109140
31/12/12£1,157£964£193£25£506£861.150
31/12/11£853£1,119£-267£48£312£94140
31/12/10£1,327£1,074£253£29£579£1631.850
31/12/09£1,030£987£43£26£326£1411.740
31/12/08£1,232£1,275£-43£65£282£1351.340
31/12/07£1,163£1,243£-81£193£325£1141.140
31/12/06£1,145£1,155£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,105£864£241£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£565£623£-57£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 16.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Dulverton Trust£105,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£15,000
Brian Mercer Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Action on Poverty
£15,000 26/04/2021
Improving Livelihoods and Resilience through camel milk production in North Eastern Kenya
Dulverton Trust - Improved Livelihoods and Resilience through Camel Milk in Kenya
£105,000 21/10/2020
Improved Livelihoods and Resilience through Camel Milk in Kenya
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to APT Action on Poverty
£10,000 14/10/2020
24
Empowering rural communities in Siera Leone to combat poverty through skills training and support for farming and business initiatives
Comic Relief - Camili Project Phase 2
£250,000 19/07/2017
18
Extreme poverty and malnutrition are key challenges facing drought and conflict affected Garissa in N.Kenya. This project is a follow on to a successful pilot which has established hygienic and ....more
Dulverton Trust - Building Camel Milk Livelihoods - Kenya
£30,000 14/06/2017
Building Camel Milk Livelihoods - Kenya
National Lottery Community Fund - Livelihoods for Young People in Sierra Leone
£498,183 31/10/2014
48
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Communities in Sierra Leone
£549,877 10/09/2014
48
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Food and income security for PLWHA in Kenya
£499,948 28/11/2012
48
The project in Kenya aims to improve food and livelihoods security and lead to increased confidence, reduced discrimination and greater participation in community life. The project aims to build on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Disabled People in Sri Lanka
£472,754 21/06/2012
48
This project, based in Sri Lanka, will reduce the poverty and discrimination facing disabled men and women in Trincolamee and Batticaloa. A holistic and integrated project approach will be used to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/01/1985, number: 290836
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/12/1984, number: 01872538
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

111 Gloucester Road
Bishopston
BRISTOL
BS7 8AT

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WHO ARE POOR BY REASON OF BEING UNABLE TO EARN THEIR LIVING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GENERAL AND TECHNICAL ADVICE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT (INCLUDING THE OPERATION) OF BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT ENTERPRISES, THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT , THE PROVISION OF RAW MATERIALS AND OTHER GOODS, AND THROUGH THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN AREAS OF NEED, AND THE PROMOTION OF SUCH DESIGNS, BY ALL SUITABLE MEANS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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