Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ANANDA MARGA UNIVERSAL RELIEF TEAM (AMURT) UK

We run a program to feed homeless and needy persons in London We fundraise for global disaster reliefWe fundraise to support development projects run by sister AMURT chaptersWe run a health-food store in Stoke Newington (Food for All) whose operating surplus goes to support our activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/10/23£257£254£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£279£217£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£161£150£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£141£132£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£105£110£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18*£103£135£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17£238£209£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16£199£172£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£158£137£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£108£89£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13£87£66£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£65£61£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/11£14£7£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10£7£10£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/09£9£11£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/08£11£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/07*£11£5£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/06*£13£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05*£13£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/04*£2£6£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 38 years

http://www.amurt.org.uk/

ask@amurt.org.uk

02088064250

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UN SDGs
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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
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Hackney Council£39,978
National Lottery Community Fund£9,970
City Bridge Trust£4,982
Crisis UK£4,961
DCMS£2,997
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - AMURT Volunteer Hub
£9,970 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to strengthen the volunteer hub to keep reaching out and supporting the community. The project aims to engage train upskill and coordinate 100 volunteers to address the pressing need of homelessness and food poverty and ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK
£1,000 11/05/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Hackney Council - Grant to Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK
£28,709 24/03/2021
12
Wave 5 (Project): Aim: Improve Hackney and Islington residents’ mental health and wellbeing. Goal: Strengthen Volunteering Hub: engage, train, upskill and coordinate 300 volunteers, who will perform meaningful duties for their community, serving ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK
£5,000 10/12/2020
LCR Wave 4: Towards salaries of our Volunteer Coordinator and London Programme Manager, to expand our production and distribution of warm nutritious meals and specially formulated Nutritional Support Packs (NSPs) to the homeless and vulnerable
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,997 09/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK
£6,269 10/09/2020
3
DEFRA: 1) Produce and distribute specially formulated Nutritional Support Packs for the homeless, vulnerable youth and families to bolster their nutrition and immune systems 2) Produce and distribute warm nutritious meals to vulnerable youth, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK
£4,982 24/04/2020
A grant of £4,982 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Crisis UK - Grant to Ananda Marga
£4,961 24/04/2020
Funding for packaging, cleaning prodcuts, PPE, food & storage for change of delivery to rough sleeper service
Tudor Trust - Grant to AMURT UK
£10,416 01/03/2017
5
over firve months as continuation core funding for Made In Hackney, a local food kitchen project in Hackney
Tudor Trust - Grant to AMURT UK
£7,500 09/06/2016
12
s a development grant towards legal costs to establish Made in Hackney as a separate charitable legal entity
National Lottery Community Fund - Made In Hackney - Local Food Kitchen
£439,952 01/06/2016
60
Over 3,000 members of the local community including low-income families and individuals, young cares, young people in care, people with long-term health problems, older people and BAME groups will be able to take part in various course to help leave ....more
London Catalyst - Made in Hackney - 2
£4,000 27/01/2015
Continuing support for part time Volunteer Manager for pay by donation cookery classes for low income and vulnerable people
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK
£60,000 19/06/2014
36
£60,000 over three years (£20,000; £20,000; £20,000) towards the direct running costs of Cooking for Life Classes, including the cookery teacher
Tudor Trust - Grant to AMURT UK
£75,000 11/03/2014
36
over three years towards core salaries for the Made In Hackney local food kitchen
London Catalyst - Made in Hackney - 1
£4,000 02/09/2013
Volunteer Co-ordinator post
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

  • ANTHONY EDWARD LOVAGE
  • GRACE COLLINS Appointed: 2021
  • JEFFREY REITER
  • P ELIZABETH DRISCOLL Appointed: 2021
  • PIERRE HARRY CAINE BOYDE Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1986, number: 327216
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 9 days late, AR07: 256 days late, AR06: 101 days late, AR05: 473 days late, AR04: 161 days late,
Main office

3A CAZENOVE ROAD
LONDON
N16 6PA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO RELIEVE POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE SINGLE HOMELESS PERSONS IN LONDON AND PERSONS IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY FAMINE OR OTHER REGIONAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONL DISATERS BE THEY NATURAL OR MAN-MADE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND UNDERDEVELOPTED COUNTRIES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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