Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

THE BIG GIVE TRUST

The Big Give is one of the foremost promoters of Matched Giving
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
30/06/23£10,776£10,869£-94£379£1,491£863190
30/06/22£6,795£5,486£1,308£177£1,585£7961.770
30/06/21£3,988£3,851£137£98£277£1740.550
30/06/20£2,600£2,594£6£196£140£730.350
30/06/19£1,756£1,904£-148£131£134£990.650
30/06/18£1,852£1,661£191£136£282£850.650
30/06/17£2,295£2,302£-7£34£91£870.560
30/06/16£801£862£-61£20£98£901.300
30/06/15£878£854£24£0£159£1512.100
30/06/14£871£793£78£15£135£135200
30/06/13£225£185£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£266£248£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 19.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.biggive.org

hello@biggive.org

02045708283

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£3,537,328
Garfield Weston Foundation£250,000
Gower Street£75,000
The Aim Foundation£63,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Big Give
£3,000 12/04/2024
To support 2024 Big Give Green Match
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£150,000 29/11/2023
Major Grants award
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Big Give
£5,000 15/11/2023
2023 Christmas Challenge
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Big Give
£6,500 14/11/2022
To support 2022 Big Give Xmas Match
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to The Big Give Christmas Challenge
£21,000 07/11/2022
Funding towards the "Together Fund", a collaborative funding appeal for Christian Charities to match fund the donations raised in the week of the 8th of December towards their big give ....more
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to The Big Give Christmas Challenge
£26,000 07/11/2022
Funding towards the "Together Fund", a collaborative funding appeal for Christian Charities to match fund the donations raised in the week of the 8th of December towards their big give ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Big Give
£5,000 16/05/2022
To support 2022 Big Give Green Match
The Aim Foundation - Grant to The Big Give Trust
£31,500 31/01/2022
Champion match funding for 5 River pollution projects with community involvement: Lake District Foundation; Severn Rivers Trust; Mersey Rivers Trust; Westcountry Rivers Trust and Bristol Avon Rivers ....more
The Aim Foundation - Grant to The Big Give Trust
£31,500 31/01/2022
12
Matching River Pollution projects
Gower Street - Match funding
£50,000 25/01/2022
Match Funding
DCMS - The Big Give Trust 21/22
£1,691,158 16/11/2021
To raise £5m for the Women & Girls sector through two match funding campaigns whilst increasing the resilience, skills and profile of Women & Girls charities. The project will also help to ....more
DCMS - The Central Jewish Fund for World Jewish Relief 21/22
£77,506 16/11/2021
Step Forward will address key barriers to integration specific to women refugees in line with the Home Offices Integration Framework. Through this holistic, tailored programme, women refugees will be ....more
DCMS - The Big Give Trust 21/22
£1,691,158 16/11/2021
To raise £5m for the Women & Girls sector through two match funding campaigns whilst increasing the resilience, skills and profile of Women & Girls charities. The project will also help to ....more
DCMS - The Central Jewish Fund for World Jewish Relief 21/22
£77,506 16/11/2021
Step Forward will address key barriers to integration specific to women refugees in line with the Home Offices Integration Framework. Through this holistic, tailored programme, women refugees will be ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Big Give
£6,313 15/11/2021
2021 Christmas Challenge
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£32,250 05/08/2021
to support specified work
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Big give
£2,000 15/05/2021
Unrestricted
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards their environmental match funding programme
£10,500 25/03/2021
Towards their environmental match funding programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£100,000 19/02/2021
Green Match Fund
Gower Street - Match Funding
£25,000 01/02/2021
Match Funding
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Big Give Trust
£5,000 15/12/2020
Unrestricted
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to The Big Give Christmas Challenge
£15,750 06/11/2020
Funding towards the "Together Fund", a collaborative funding appeal for Christian Charities to match fund the donations raised in the week of the 8th of December towards their big give ....more
Tedworth Charitable Trust - COVID-19 Emergency Appeal
£12,500 23/03/2020
To The Big Give Trust COVID-19 Emergency Appeal.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Emergency match funding appeal for those affect by COVID-19 virus
£10,000 17/03/2020
Towards the emergency match funding appeal to raise money for those who will be affected by the COVID-19 virus.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Emergency match funding appeal to raise money for those who will be affecte
£2,500 17/03/2020
Towards the emergency match funding appeal to raise money for those who will be affected by the COVID-19 virus.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BIG GIVE TRUST
£3,470 15/12/2019
Christmas Challenge
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BIG GIVE TRUST
£2,500 15/12/2018
Christmas Challenge
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BIG GIVE TRUST
£1,500 15/12/2017
Christmas Challenge
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BIG GIVE TRUST
£25,000 15/06/2017
Grenfell Tower appeal matched funding
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BIG GIVE TRUST
£1,850 15/11/2016
Christmas Challenge
National Lottery Community Fund - The Christmas Challenge: Wales Match Fund
£84,000 19/08/2016
24
The Christmas Challenge: Wales Match Fund
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-62
  • CHARLES DESMOND HARMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee Of The University Of Oxford
  • ISABEL JANE KELLY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • JAMES REED Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chairman
  • JULIE ELISABETH ARNESEN HOEGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Sustainability At Garden Studios
  • LISA FRANCES REED Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • NICOLA JANE REED Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • RICHARD REED Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Librarian
  • TIMOTHY LEWIS CROWTHER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Group Chief Financial Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2010, number: 1136547
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/06/2010, number: 07273065
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

DRAGON COURT
27-29 MACKLIN STREET
LONDON
WC2B 5LX

Objectives

4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE (PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO, OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTING, EXISTING CHARITIES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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