Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN TRUST 

To raise funds and support for the University of Cape Town in South Africa
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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 Volun-
teers
31/12/22£453£475£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£650£679£-29£74£1,341£751.300
31/12/20£331£440£-110n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£447£551£-103n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£1,227£1,119£109£84£1,249£1001.100
31/12/17£445£402£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£643£732£-89£68£1,083£540.910
31/12/15£2,032£2,147£-115£76£1,121£620.310
31/12/14£601£661£-60£79£1,230£581.110
31/12/13£701£464£237£79£1,273£651.710
31/12/12£569£793£-224£75£984£68120
31/12/11£1,499£1,417£82£70£1,154£610.520
31/12/10£666£889£-223£76£1,104£440.620
31/12/09£923£910£14£60£1,290£430.610
31/12/08£943£656£287£76£1,221£290.510
31/12/07£1,005£1,016£-11£65£1,045£390.520
31/12/06£443£657£-215£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05?*£860£548£312£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£887£1,165£-278£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

www.ucttrust.org.uk

uct-trust@tecres.net

02083909133

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
GiG Classification
  • International education & child welfare
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • South Africa,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to University of Cape Town Trust
£500,000 08/06/2022
Digital laboratory for research in design and management of sustainable infrastructure engineering
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - General donation
£10,000 23/03/2021
A donation to the Stuart & Anita Saunders Bursary Fund in memory of the late Dr Stuart Saunders
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to University of Cape Town Trust
£250,000 08/12/2016
Neurosciences Institute

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/1990, number: 803042
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 28 days late, AR04: 26 days late,
Main office

Suite 10, Claremont House
22-24 Claremont Road
Surbiton
Surrey
KT6 4QU

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPETOWN IN SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME (AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPETOWN) DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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