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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MAPACTION

MapAction is a humanitarian mapping charity that works through skilled volunteers. Its aim is to save lives and minimise suffering by making the response to humanitarian emergencies as efficient and effective as possible.When a disaster strikes, MapAction deploys volunteer mapping professionals to the scene to help coordinate the response and get aid to where it is needed most.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/23£1,597£1,936£-339£95£463£4632.919100
31/12/22£1,778£1,652£126£82£794£69351574
31/12/21£1,654£1,521£133£166£666£6114.81474
31/12/20£1,183£1,117£66£147£533£5255.61591
31/12/19£1,160£1,191£-32£136£474£4434.51372
31/12/18£910£1,002£-92£112£497£4635.590
31/12/17£1,097£1,144£-47£75£592£5315.6120
31/12/16£576£836£-260£112£643£6399.270
31/12/15£1,333£1,131£202£78£850£6166.580
31/12/14£581£540£42£51£649£4379.760
31/12/13£596£566£30£64£604£52211.150
31/12/12£391£414£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£365£301£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£424£366£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£13£4£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.mapaction.org

info@mapaction.org

01494568899

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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emergency aid
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Argentina, Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, ....more
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Core funding
£70,000 28/10/2021
Core funding
Dulverton Trust - Geospatial expertise for humanitarian response
£35,000 12/06/2019
Geospatial expertise for humanitarian response
Dulverton Trust - Delivering a New Strategic Direction
£60,000 21/10/2015
Delivering a New Strategic Direction
Dulverton Trust - the volunteer Operational Support Team
£60,000 24/10/2012
the volunteer Operational Support Team

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67
  • CATALINA JAIME Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Climate And Conflict
  • CATHERINE ROSEMARY FRANCES SEALE Appointed: 2023
  • CHRISTOPHER RONALD EWING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Client Management
  • DR CHRISTOPHER IAN JARVIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Assistant Professor
  • FLEMMING NIELSEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • FREDERICK POWYS BROKE CARVER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Development Professional
  • GAYE ANNE YVONNE HUDSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
  • HOSHAM ALI KHOGALI ISMAIL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • NICHOLAS MOODY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Businessman
  • SOPHIE EVANS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Country Programmes
  • STEVEN JAMES HARPER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/2008, number: 1126727
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/2008, number: 06611408
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 2/A Douglas Court
Seymour Business Park
Station Road
CHINNOR
OX39 4HA

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO DECISION MAKING IN HUMANITARIAN AND SIMILAR SITUATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED AND OTHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMES WITH THE AIM OF PRESERVING LIFE AND RELIEVING SUFFERING AND POVERTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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