Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    THE IFOA FOUNDATION

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
    Total income £286,195 £249,413 £470,060 £158,184
    Total spending £2,518 £186,945 £148,309 £167,455
    Surplus/deficit £283,677 £62,468 £321,751 -£9,271
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    GiG Classification
    • Colleges and universities
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Other charities or voluntary bodies

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 05/08/2019, number: SC049518
    • Notes: This charity was established to replace The Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland Charitable Trust SC040225. The Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland Charitable Trust SC040225 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to The IFoA Foundation SC049518 which is a SCIO.
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    c/o Brodies LLP, Capital Square, 58 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BP

    Objectives

    7 Purposes 7.1 The SCIO will promote, advance and further its Charitable purposes by operating as a “grant giving” charity which will: 7.1.1 support financially and otherwise the encouragement, advancement and support of education, research and study in actuarial science and related subjects, including but not limited to the following:- 7.1.1.1 the provision of awards and prizes for research, education or other work undertaken in furtherance and development of actuarial science and related subjects either within the United Kingdom or elsewhere including, but not restricted to, any such work at any university, college or place of higher learning or any school. 7.1.1.2 the provision of financial support for publications, courses, conferences and lectures on actuarial science and related subjects including, but not restricted to, any such work carried out at any university, college or place of higher learning or any school. 7.1.1.3 the provision of financial support in the development of mathematical studies and the facilitation of initiatives to encourage mathematical learning and development at any university, college or place of higher learning or any school. 7.1.1.4 the establishment of educational scholarships of any kind in the field of actuarial science and related subjects at any university, college or place of higher learning or any school. and 7.1.1.5 the provision of financial and other support to charities and similar bodies in order to further activities set out in clauses 7.1.1.1– 7.1.1.4. and 7.1.2 support financially and otherwise the actuarial profession and community.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator

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