Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Large legacies income: +1
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
Deficit latest year: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

CANON COLLINS TRUST

We provides educational opportunities for southern Africa through scholarships and community-based projects, building the skills and leadership required to facilitate development in the region, and using our networks to enable development practitioners from all over the region to share their knowledge. We aim in particular to improve access to education for disadvantaged groups.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/22		£1,888	£2,167	£-279	£149	£961	£386	2.1	7
31/12/21	*	£1,348	£668	£680	£164	£1,240	£291	5.2	7
31/12/20	*	£823	£895	£-72	£72	£547	£122	1.6	8
31/12/19	*	£1,124	£1,204	£-81	£82	£624	£201	2	8
31/12/18	*	£1,227	£1,302	£-75	£91	£595	£173	1.6	6
31/12/17		£962	£1,175	£-213	£80	£677	£302	3.1	6
31/12/16	*	£1,113	£1,052	£60	£73	£878	£334	3.8	6
31/12/15		£1,005	£1,035	£-31	£104	£809	£254	2.9	6
31/12/14		£1,297	£1,400	£-104	£125	£834	£262	2.2	6
31/12/13		£1,320	£1,475	£-156	£123	£937	£419	3.4	6
31/12/12		£1,094	£1,011	£82	£136	£1,085	£576	6.8	6
31/12/11		£859	£747	£112	£116	£739	£540	8.7	5
31/12/10		£987	£794	£192	£91	£630	£216	3.3	6
31/12/09		£1,005	£1,115	£-110	£90	£432	£-32	-0.3	8
31/12/08		£1,226	£1,208	£18	£105	£536	£37	0.4	8
31/12/07		£1,672	£1,445	£227	£124	£530	£99	0.8	8
31/12/06		£1,420	£1,738	£-319	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05		£1,590	£1,616	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04		£1,643	£1,722	£-79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 67%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 20 years

www.canoncollins.org.uk

info@canoncollins.org.uk

020 8004 8362

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

International education & child welfare

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
The Joffe Trust - Canon Collins Trust
£90,906	23/05/2023	Scholarships for young legal scholars in South Africa
Gower Street - Climate Scholarship Fund
£1,500	12/07/2021	Climate Scholarship Fund
The Joffe Trust - Canon Collins ELAT
£72,000	10/05/2019 36	Joel Joffe Scholarships for young legal scholars in South Africa
Comic Relief - Strengthening capacity to transform education in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
£500,000	24/01/2018 24	Equal Education works with pupils in schools and the communities around them to hold government to account for the low and unacceptable standard of school infrastructure. This grant will build on 3 ....more Equal Education works with pupils in schools and the communities around them to hold government to account for the low and unacceptable standard of school infrastructure. This grant will build on 3 years of work focused on the poor state of school buildings. As a result 15 new schools are to be built by the Department of Education and more are being reviewed. In addition to this, Equal Education will work wiht communities and government to address the lack of transport to school in the rural area of KwaZulu Natal & the severe lack of water and sanitation in schools across Limpopo rural province. Government is working and responding well to this social movement of pupils & their communities.
Comic Relief - Securing the rights of slum dwellers in South Africa
£1,447,515	25/11/2015 60	The project addresses the marginalisation of slum dwellers in South Africa who face multiple infringements of their civil, constitutional and economic rights by state and private interests. ....more The project addresses the marginalisation of slum dwellers in South Africa who face multiple infringements of their civil, constitutional and economic rights by state and private interests. Violations of development planning processes, unlawful evictions, lack of provision of housing and essential services, predatory lending and exclusion of informal business activities are having a detrimental impact on the lives of the urban poor. The provision of free, expert legal services and the building of slum dwellers' capacity to defend their rights to adequate housing, essential services and more secure livelihoods is intended to help them to protect their civil, constitutional and human rights.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-72

BRYAN MUNDY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

FREWYENI KIDANE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Advancement And Engagement

JUSTICE MAVEDZENGE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Reseacher

KEITH HOLDT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Investment Executive

LEANA DEBEER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Innovator, Edutech Executive & Founder

MANDIVAVARIRA MADARIKWA Appointed: 2022

MARJORIE NGWENYA DA SILVA (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Actuary

NARISSA RAMDHANI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2004, number: 1102028
Registered at Companies House on 17/11/2003, number: 04965891

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

11/01/2016 - Asset transfer in from PANETS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FOR AFRICA
12/09/2017 - Asset transfer in from THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TRUST
20/05/2024 - Asset transfer in from LIFE IS WONDERFUL

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR21: 267 days late, AR20: 632 days late, AR19: 996 days late, AR18: 8 days late, AR16: 3 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LIFE IS WONDERFUL on 20/05/2024

Main office

Office 8
Mail Boxes Ect
334 Kennington Lane
LONDON
SE11 5HY

Objectives

A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SOUTH AFRICA;B) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR POOR PERSONS IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SOUTHERN AFRICA;C) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE LAW AND PROCEDURE OF FOREIGN LEGAL SYSTEMS AS THEY AFFECT POOR PERSONS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SOUTHERN AFRICA;D) SUCH OTHER GENERAL OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE BY LAW.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SOUTH AFRICA

Data Sources