Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 1

Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 8

FUSION UK

The charity resources and provides one-to-one services to local church communities that enables an understanding of university student culture and allows effective support of students from a Christian perspective.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Established: 25 years

www.fusionmovement.org

hello@fusionmovement.org

01509 268505

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£732	£745	£-13	£22	£252	£246	4	25	5
31/08/22		£790	£903	£-114	£24	£265	£259	3.4	28	0
31/08/21		£721	£726	£-5	£7	£391	£385	6.4	26	25
31/08/20		£738	£646	£92	£10	£355	£349	6.5	25	25
31/08/19		£656	£645	£11	£13	£300	£294	5.5	22	198
31/08/18		£599	£594	£5	£28	£287	£265	5.4	15	0
31/08/17		£565	£524	£41	£19	£281	£258	5.9	13	0
31/08/16		£469	£466	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£452	£335	£117	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£286	£259	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£254	£228	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£315	£239	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£192	£224	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	*	£220	£214	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09		£233	£190	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08		£197	£205	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07	*	£172	£174	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06	*	£180	£166	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05		£176	£210	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	*	£166	£179	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 9.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Religious Activities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

25 employees
5 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Fusion UK
£100,000	04/07/2018 24	The Fusion Training proposal: 1. An accredited student work qualification; 2. Fusion-certified student work training; 3. Internal Fusion team training; 4. Multiplication of student leaders; 5. ....more The Fusion Training proposal: 1. An accredited student work qualification; 2. Fusion-certified student work training; 3. Internal Fusion team training; 4. Multiplication of student leaders; 5. Firebrands conference
Joseph Rank Trust - Fusion UK
£30,000	25/01/2017 36	To fund the Student Linkup project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-51

DR RUTH PAGE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Reader In Applied Linguistics

HANNAH MILLER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: URBAN DEVOTION BIRMINGHAM,

JAMES RICHARD HILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director

OLIVER JAMES GRILLS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

ROWAN ALEXANDER KELSEY JACKSON-SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1999, number: 1073572
Registered at Companies House on 04/12/1998, number: 03679369

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 46 days late, AR07: 114 days late, AR06: 50 days late, AR04: 97 days late,

Main office

Fusion
Unit 7
30 Meadow Lane
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE11 1JY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELSEWHERE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE

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