Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

CHARITIES TRUST

Charities Trust works with organisations, individuals and other charities to increase charitable giving with particular emphasis on tax effective donations. It does this by providing donation management services including payroll giving, online and offline sponsorship facilities and processing of donations for charity appeals.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants and contracts
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
30/04/23		£80,090	£78,700	£1,390	£0	£89,170	£5,720	0.9	35
30/04/22		£66,030	£80,124	£-14,094	£0	£87,537	£4,870	0.7	36
30/04/21		£164,284	£133,823	£30,461	£0	£101,645	£1,369	0.1	34
30/04/20		£67,377	£46,650	£20,727	£3	£71,119	£1,241	0.3	35
30/04/19		£40,473	£46,191	£-5,718	£4	£50,417	£1,191	0.3	35
30/04/18		£53,959	£39,791	£14,168	£3	£56,114	£1,072	0.3	32
30/04/17		£42,044	£23,423	£18,621	£3	£41,905	£1,027	0.5	31
30/04/16		£19,727	£18,609	£1,118	£3	£23,187	£1,053	0.7	30
30/04/15		£29,363	£26,303	£3,060	£1,688	£22,074	£1,028	0.5	30
30/04/14		£18,680	£18,467	£214	£1,722	£18,998	£879	0.6	33
30/04/13		£2,747	£2,888	£-141	£10	£3,607	£3,254	13.5	33
30/04/12		£3,778	£4,124	£-346	£10	£3,619	£2,788	8.1	32
30/04/11		£3,794	£4,618	£-823	£8	£3,965	£3,201	8.3	30
30/04/10		£1,180	£1,187	£-7	£5	£594	£594	6	25
30/04/09		£1,012	£993	£18	£4	£600	£600	7.3	20
30/04/08		£972	£889	£83	£0	£582	£582	7.9	20
30/04/07		£710	£699	£11	£0	£499	£499	8.6	17
30/04/06		£664	£618	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/05		£519	£663	£-145	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/04	*	£452	£563	£-111	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 6%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 37 years

www.charitiestrust.org

info@charitiestrust.org

01512865129

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Canada, China, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Throughout England And Wales, United Arab Emirates, United States,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

35 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-62

CATHERINE ELIZABETH MARGARET RUSTOMJI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

IAN CRAIG POVEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Cio Payments Services & Technology

LEE ANDREW BLACKBURN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: It Director

LESLIE JOHN THOMAS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

MARK JOHN BLAKEMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Nhs Manager

PATRICK FIETJE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

SIR MICHAEL JAMES BIBBY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/07/1987, number: 327489
Registered at Companies House on 24/06/1987, number: 02142757

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

10/11/2016 - Asset transfer in from CATALYST TRUST
08/05/2024 - Asset transfer in from VODAFONE UK FOUNDATION

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 3 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from VODAFONE UK FOUNDATION on 08/05/2024

Main office

CHARITIES TRUST
2ND FLOOR ELEANOR RATHBONE HOUSE
CONNECT BUSINESS VILLAGE
24 DERBY ROAD
LIVERPOOL
L5 9PR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WHERESOEVER IN THE WORLD AS THE COMPANY MAY THINK FIT AND IN SO FAR AS THE SAME ARE ENTIRELY ANCILLARY TO SUCH OBJECT BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE: (I) TO ACCEPT AND UNDERTAKE THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT (WHETHER COMPLETELY OR ONLY IN PART) OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS WHETHER AS AGENTS FOR THE TRUSTEES OF SUCH TRUSTS OR OTHERWISE AND TO REQUIRE AND ACCEPT FEES ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH WORK OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT. (II) TO ACT AS AN AGENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 713 OF THE INCOME TAX (EARNINGS & PENSIONS) ACT 2003 OR ANY RE-ENACTMENT THEREOF AND TO REQUIRE AND ACCEPT FEES FOR SO ACTING. (III) TO ACT AS A PAYROLLGIVING AGENCY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE DONATIONS FOR APPLICATION TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES AS THE DONOR MAY SPECIFY AND IF FOR ANY REASON IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CHARITY TO PAY ANY SUCH DONATION TO A CHARITY SPECIFIED BY A DONOR THE CHARITIES SHALL SO FAR AS IS PERMITTED BY LAW PAY THAT AMOUNT TO SUCH OTHER CHARITY OR CHARITIES AS IT MAY CONSIDER HAS OBJECTS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE CHARITY SPECIFIED BY THE DONOR.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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