Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income
spending growth: -1

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE AURORA TRUST

Grant making

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 34 years

https://auroratrust.org.uk/

auroratrust@sfct.org.uk

02074100330

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
05/04/23		£737	£2,633	£-1,896	£0	£42,886	£0	n/a	14
05/04/22		£1,799	£3,151	£-1,352	£0	£45,690	£0	n/a	14
05/04/21		£2,035	£1,299	£736	£0	£42,088	£0	n/a	14
05/04/20		£1,366	£2,132	£-766	£0	£33,851	£0	n/a	16
05/04/19		£1,262	£1,247	£16	£0	£40,286	£689	6.6	14
05/04/18		£1,370	£1,059	£311	£0	£37,691	£502	5.7	12
05/04/17		£1,244	£1,255	£-11	£0	£37,865	£149	1.4	15
05/04/16		£1,135	£1,338	£-203	£0	£33,602	£-65	-0.6	13
05/04/15		£1,490	£1,911	£-421	£8	£35,239	£-259	-1.6	1
05/04/14		£1,105	£1,565	£-460	£8	£33,486	£6	0	1
05/04/13	*	£986	£1,287	£-301	£10	£32,644	£23	0.2	1
05/04/12	*	£923	£1,160	£-237	£9	£28,557	£-159	-1.6	1
05/04/11		£844	£1,420	£-576	£11	£29,002	£-356	-3	1
05/04/10	*	£846	£1,403	£-557	£10	£26,728	£-312	-2.7	2
05/04/09		£1,419	£1,553	£-133	£10	£21,923	£-176	-1.4	1
05/04/08		£990	£1,017	£-27	£10	£26,394	£-126	-1.5	2
05/04/07		£828	£897	£-69	£9	£29,440	£-180	-2.4	2
05/04/06		£716	£726	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/05		£761	£725	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/04		£728	£845	£-117	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 210%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Italy, Throughout England, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

14 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund	£201,000
Mark Leonard Trust	£140,000
The Linbury Trust	£57,700
Tedworth Charitable Trust	£50,000
J J Charitable Trust	£50,000
Staples Trust	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mark Leonard Trust - Core costs
£50,000	16/11/2023	rowards core costs
The Linbury Trust - Linbury's grant prog - Ashden
£57,700	20/06/2023	A contribution towards the core costs of Ashden in delivering Linbury's forthcoming grant programme on energy and environmental efficiency.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - UK Alumni Network and Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme
£20,000	31/03/2023	UK Alumni Network and Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme
Mark Leonard Trust - For core funding
£40,000	24/11/2022	For core funding
J J Charitable Trust - Core costs
£50,000	14/09/2022	Core costs
Tedworth Charitable Trust - UK Alumni Network and Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme
£15,000	23/03/2022	UK Alumni Network and Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the Humanitarian Awards.
£50,000	23/11/2021	Towards the Humanitarian Awards.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the Humanitarian Awards.
£50,000	23/11/2021	Towards the Humanitarian Awards.
Mark Leonard Trust - Unrestricted funding
£50,000	26/05/2021	Unrestricted funding
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Communications with city leaders in Colombia and Latin America to develop 'Green Corridors'
£20,000	18/05/2021	Towards communications and engagement with city leaders in Colombia and across Latin America to develop their own “Green Corridors”.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Communications with city leaders in Colombia and Latin America to develop 'Green Corridors'
£20,000	18/05/2021	Towards communications and engagement with city leaders in Colombia and across Latin America to develop their own “Green Corridors”.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - UK Alumni Network, and Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme in 2021
£15,000	16/03/2021	Towards its UK Alumni Network, and Sustainable Towns and Cities Programme in 2021
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Ashden’s 2021 and 2022 Humanitarian Awards
£27,500	10/11/2020	Towards Ashden’s 2021 and 2022 Humanitarian Awards.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Ashden’s 2021 and 2022 Humanitarian Awards
£27,500	10/11/2020	Towards Ashden’s 2021 and 2022 Humanitarian Awards.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Ashden - core costs
£3,000	14/05/2020	Core Costs
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Ashden - core costs
£3,000	14/05/2020	Core Costs
Staples Trust - Towards Ashden's work
£5,000	24/03/2020	Towards Ashden's work.
Staples Trust - Towards Ashden's work
£5,000	24/03/2020	Towards Ashden's work.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Energising Health Appeal
£2,000	21/05/2019	Towards the Energising Health Appeal.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - UK Alumni Network
£20,000	14/03/2019	Towards the UK Alumni Network.
Staples Trust - Core costs for Awards ceremony in 2019
£5,000	18/10/2018	Towards core costs for its Awards ceremony in 2019.
Staples Trust - Core costs for Awards ceremony in 2019
£5,000	18/10/2018	Towards core costs for its Awards ceremony in 2019.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - UK alumni network
£20,000	16/03/2018	Towards the UK alumni network.
Staples Trust - Core costs of running the Awards
£5,000	23/11/2017	Towards the core costs of running the Awards.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Circle Award
£2,500	14/06/2017	Towards the Circle Award.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Alumni network
£20,000	14/03/2017	Towards the alumni network.
Mark Leonard Trust - Towards core and development costs
£300,000	17/01/2017	Towards core and to development the LessCO2 programme.
J J Charitable Trust - Towards core and development costs
£300,000	17/01/2017	Towards core and development costs and to develop the LessCO2 programme.
Staples Trust - Core costs
£5,000	29/11/2016	Towards core costs.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Alumni network for Ashden Award winners
£20,000	19/05/2016	Towards the alumni network for Ashden Award winners.
Staples Trust - Core costs
£5,000	20/10/2015	Towards core costs.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Alumni network
£10,000	18/03/2015	Towards the alumni network.
Staples Trust - Core costs
£5,000	07/10/2014	Towards core costs.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the general costs of running the awards scheme
£5,000	13/07/2012	Towards the general costs of running the awards scheme for innovative sustainable energy projects.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Awards Circle
£5,000	22/07/2010	Towards the Awards Circle supporting sustainable energy projects.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Awards Circle
£5,000	24/07/2009	Towards the Awards Circle supporting sustainable energy projects.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Ashden Circle
£5,000	07/02/2008	Towards the Ashden Circle to help the award winners develop their sustainable energy projects so that they can be replicated successfully on wider scales both in the UK and in the developing world.
Indigo Trust - costs of the Awards
£140,000	14/11/2006	Towards the costs of the Awards.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLAIRE BIRCH Appointed: 2017

GRACE YU Appointed: 2017

SARAH BUTLER-SLOSS Appointed: 1989, Occupation: Founder Director Of Ashden, Other trusteeships: THE LINBURY TRUST, CLIENTEARTH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/01/1990, number: 802623

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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; AR13: 0 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR10: 1 days late,

Main office

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Tru
THE PEAK
5 Wilton Road
LONDON
SW1V 1AP

Objectives

TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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