Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: -2

FORWARD THINKING

An independent and non-denominational charity, addresses the social isolation of Muslim communities in Britain. Over the past year, the Middle East Programme has sought to engage in and promote an inclusive dialogue with a variety of Israeli and Palestinian actors, as well as with opinion-shapers and key figures in neighbouring and EU countries.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 20 years

www.forward-thinking.org

admin@forward-thinking.org

02080641396

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
31/07/23	£573	£702	£-129	£0	£127	£2	0	8
31/07/22	£623	£815	£-192	£0	£256	£37	0.5	9
31/07/21	£563	£604	£-40	£0	£448	£39	0.8	10
31/07/20	£625	£633	£-8	£0	£491	£73	1.4	9
31/07/19	£964	£739	£225	£0	£499	£21	0.3	7
31/07/18	£734	£928	£-194	£0	£274	£18	0.2	7
31/07/17	£1,090	£783	£307	£0	£468	£0	0	7
31/07/16	£655	£640	£15	£0	£161	£68	1.3	7
31/07/15	£321	£515	£-194	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/14	£529	£534	£-4	£41	£340	£164	3.7	4
31/07/13	£654	£522	£131	£43	£344	£123	2.8	4
31/07/12	£517	£448	£69	£60	£213	£-114	-3.1	5
31/07/11	£483	£437	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/10	£360	£397	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/09	£399	£418	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/08	£375	£449	£-74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/07	£389	£329	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/06	£420	£289	£132	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/05	£178	£142	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Egypt, Finland, Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Throughout England And Wales, Tunisia, Turkey,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

8 employees

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

John Ellerman Foundation	£135,000
Dulverton Trust	£135,000
Pears Foundation	£100,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000	25/01/2022	Core Funding
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000	17/02/2020 24	Core funding
Dulverton Trust - Building Bridges Programme
£135,000	23/10/2019	Building Bridges Programme
John Ellerman Foundation - salaries of the UK Programme Manager and UK Programme Assistant to run the "Building Bridges" programme
£135,000	23/05/2019 36	Towards the costs of the 'Building Bridges' programme, which promotes equality and inclusion by supporting Muslim communities to engage with the establishment
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000	20/02/2018 24	Core funding
Dulverton Trust - UK 'Building Bridges' Programme
£70,540	14/06/2017	UK 'Building Bridges' Programme
John Ellerman Foundation - Engagement programme with British Muslims and media, political establishment and policy
£45,000	21/07/2016 18	Towards core costs, specifically to run programmes and events which build bridges between divided communities and give a voice to young British Muslim communities.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Forward Thinking
£50,000	13/01/2016 24	Core funding
Dulverton Trust - Building Bridges with Muslim Communities
£30,000	21/10/2015	Building Bridges with Muslim Communities

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

DYMPNA MAY Appointed: 2021

FRANCIS CAMPBELL Appointed: 2014

JEREMY QUENTIN GREENSTOCK Appointed: 2019

LAURENCE JUSTIN DOWLEY Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE DOWLEY CHARITABLE TRUST,

MICHAEL HOLLAND, Other trusteeship: RACKETS CUBED,

MR CHRIS DONNELLY

WILLIAM MATTHEW TIMOTHY SIEGHART (Chair), Other trusteeship: STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2004, number: 1105206

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Forward Thinking
1 Quality Court
London

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING MORE INFORMED DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT FACTIONS WITHIN SAME FAITH COMMUNITIES AND BETWEEN DIFFERENT FAITH AND RACIAL GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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