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Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WRITERS AND SCHOLARS EDUCATIONAL TRUST 

Such charitable purposes including the advancement and promotion by teaching, lecturing, publishing or disseminating in written or spoken form or otherwise, as shall best advance and encourage education or other charitable purposes beneficial to the community in connection with the study of political, economic, social, natural sciences and the humanities and human rights.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised


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Established: 50 years

www.indexoncensorship.org

info@indexoncensorship.org

02038489820

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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
31/03/22£1,137£1,002£135£274£166£166280
31/03/21£811£665£147£262£32£320.680
31/03/20£726£887£-161£320£-115£-115-1.61415
31/03/19£899£914£-14£253£46£460.61431
31/03/18£1,028£1,054£-26£340£60£570.71330
31/03/17£898£854£44£289£86£380.5120
31/03/16£848£830£18£370£42£270.4110
31/03/15£679£692£-14£214£24£240.4100
31/03/14£817£875£-58£180£38£360.5100
31/03/13£1,132£1,117£16£182£96£720.8140
31/03/12£1,099£1,090£9£190£80£670.7140
31/03/11£1,073£1,017£56£124£71£510.6120
31/03/10£714£730£-16£102£15£50.180
31/03/09£622£632£-10£516£31£130.370
31/03/08*£699£705£-6£511£41£290.580
31/03/07*£201£179£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£231£233£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£122£103£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£122£189£-67£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Albania, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Congo (Democratic Republic), Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Liverpool City, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, ....more
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 8 employees

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
The Joffe Trust - Index on Censorship
£59,968 20/05/2022
To work with the Foreign Policy Centre on 'SLAPP' law suits
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000 04/08/2021
Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000 31/10/2019
16
Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000 13/02/2019
12
Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000 18/10/2017
12
Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000 10/05/2016
12
Core funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Writers and Scholars Educational Trust (Index on Censorship)
£36,200 04/11/2015
What a Liberty
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£40,000 24/02/2015
12
Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£35,000 20/08/2013
Core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - TRIPWIRES
£10,000 04/11/2010
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Islington. They will create a live performance featuring young people and based on the theme of censorship, to highlight how it affects people and the ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Index on Censorship
£15,000 10/03/2010
12
Towards Project costs Towards the core costs of the Artistic Expression and Self Censorship Programme.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70
  • JAMES GOODE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/1974, number: 325003
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2016, number: 10188386
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 149 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 25 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Haysmacintyre LLP
Thames Exchange
10 Queen Street Place
LONDON
EC4R 1AG

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT AD PROMOTION BY TEACHING LECTURING AND PUBLISHING OR DISSEMINATING IN WRITTEN OR SPOKEN FORM OR OTHERWISE AS SHALL BEST ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATION OR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS. (SEE DETAILS OF CLAUSE 1 OF SUPPLEMENTAL DEED)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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