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the old dart foundation

The charity supports the general public. The Old Dart Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in London and operates in Chile, Papua New Guinea, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Alleviate poverty primarily in Peru and Papua New Guinea but also the Philippines, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile by supporting initiatives to improve health, literacy and education amongst impoverished women and children and other young people generally.It is also the intention to support efforts to create employment opportunities in impoverished communities as well as health and education initiatives

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,694,128
Latest Expenditure
£15,195,882

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 501.3%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 88.9%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 12.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £2,525,484
Investments £168,644
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £13,506,990
Raising Funds £1,688,892
Governance £185,350
Grants to Institutions £12,422,946
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£2,694,128£15,195,882£13,506,990£41,617,607£41,617,6077 / 0
2023£3,359,761£15,274,959£13,403,651£50,076,817£50,076,8155 / 0
2022£3,323,159£7,851,438£6,299,367£65,264,839£65,297,1115 / 0
2021£3,541,184£11,634,591£10,326,812£66,535,295£66,535,2955 / 0
2020£2,901,095£8,339,460£6,157,069£67,449,678£67,449,6783 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers