Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CURE INTERNATIONAL (UK)

CURE UK works to improve the accessibility and quality of paediatric surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa. We support CURE Children's Hospitals to provide free surgical services for children with treatable disabilities. We deliver surgical training for local medical practitioners and collaborate with pastors and leaders to prevent the abuse and neglect of children living with disabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£471£671£-200n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£657£429£228£41£323£571.630
30/06/21£281£306£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£255£282£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£272£225£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£467£554£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£520£546£-26£111£187£1302.840
30/06/16£768£781£-13£119£213£881.340
30/06/15£830£849£-20£130£226£1041.530
30/06/14£1,000£946£54£126£246£1271.630
30/06/13?£901£943£-42£106£192£730.930
31/05/12£543£392£152£94£233£812.510
31/05/11£506£577£-72£57£82£1012.110
31/05/10£135£159£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/09*£221£182£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/08£105£75£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/07£27£5£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/06*£69£35£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/05£13£4£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/04£17£7£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

https://uk.cure.org/

uk.info@cure.org

02073044784

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric)
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Philippines, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Cure International
£9,000 19/10/2022
36
Funding phosphate supplements for Zimbabwean children with rickets
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Cure International
£4,350 15/07/2021
12
Mobile orthopaedic clinics to serve rural comminities in Malawi

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-72
  • JOHN O'DOWD (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Spine Surgeon
  • JHERYL CABEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager
  • LOUIS REID Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • MERVYN THOMAS CMG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • PROF CHRIS LAVY OBE, Occupation: Surgeon
  • ROSEMARY LIVINGSTONE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/11/2002, number: 1094705
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/08/2001, number: 04268644
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 05/10/2017, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 61 days late, AR06: 16 days late,
Main office

Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
LONDON
WC2A 3PE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROVIDE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF LOW INCOME (I) MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS SUFFERING FROM CORRECTABLE, DISABLING CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT AND/OR DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES, (II) CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH INFANTS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, (III) APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND (IV) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES BOTH WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, ALL SUCH OBJECTS TO BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ETHOS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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