Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

SALFORD FOUNDATION LIMITED 

Education and training of children, young people and adults - Salford, Gtr Manchester, North West
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 33 years

www.salfordfoundation.org.uk

enquiries@salfordfoundation.org.uk

01617878500

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UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£3,006£2,800£206£17£2,686£2,5771161415
31/03/22£1,534£1,602£-68£15£2,480£2,38417.953723
31/03/21£1,676£1,522£154£0£2,548£2,44319.346131
31/03/20£2,623£2,413£211£0£2,394£2,36411.856606
31/03/19£2,491£2,445£46£0£2,183£2,18210.7401,718
31/03/18£2,390£2,241£149£0£2,137£2,13711.4400
31/03/17£2,233£2,140£94£0£1,988£1,98811.2370
31/03/16£2,029£2,118£-89£0£1,895£1,87510.6370
31/03/15£2,476£2,287£189£9£1,983£1,8389.6450
31/03/14£2,164£2,228£-64£13£1,795£1,7159.2540
31/03/13£1,922£2,052£-130£13£1,858£1,76710.3540
31/03/12£1,474£1,683£-208£13£1,988£1,90413.6540
31/03/11£2,465£2,446£19£19£2,229£2,16910.6760
31/03/10£2,461£2,415£46£18£2,212£2,16510.8720
31/03/09£2,178£2,103£75£17£2,109£2,10712470
31/03/08£1,805£1,688£117£12£2,066£1,94513.8370
31/03/07£1,887£1,336£551£22£1,956£1,66414.9350
31/03/06£1,604£1,507£96£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,959£1,771£188£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,493£2,249£244£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 11 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 61 employees
  • 415 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£354,986
Co-Op Foundation£99,904
DCMS£44,907
Department for Work and Pensions£36,648
Ministry of Justice£34,910
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 21/10/2022
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021 - 2022 Bonus
Co-Op Foundation - LEAP
£29,978 13/09/2022
The project will train young people in Year 8 to improve their skills in leadership, inclusion, voice, empathy and design to then research, design and deliver school transition workshops with young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Shed Workshop
£10,000 17/06/2022
The funding will be used to run workshops and coaching to engage with socially isolated and unemployed men. The project aims to use social activities and peer mentors to build trust with the men ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - GRANT REF NO 026
£31,415 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - SALFORD FOUNDATION
£3,733 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Salford Foundation
£2,584 23/10/2021
Our project aims to support vulnerable women by involving them in community activities that reduce social isolation and eliminate loneliness. Our community networks empower them to 'give back'.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Salford Foundation
£15,000 19/10/2021
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged youths in Manchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 09/06/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021 - 2022
Department for Work and Pensions - SALFORD FOUNDATION
£1,500 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Funding
£34,910 20/01/2021
The womens community sector grants scheme offers £2.5 million in funding for core costs to promote greater financial stability throughout the sector.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Freedom Academy
£300,000 11/12/2020
36
The organisation aims to provide specialist support to women as well as deliver universal and targeted youth services. Funding for the group will go towards a project for women who have experienced ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Salford Foundation
£17,600 30/11/2020
This project will support children and young people experiencing local deprivation. It will provide intensive mentoring to increase their engagement with learning and school.
Co-Op Foundation - Salford Foundation Ltd #iwill School Transitions application
£69,926 19/11/2020
To equip pupils in Salford to plan, design and deliver transition activities for 6 primary schools. Pupils will receive an accredited qualification and develop learning resources for other primary ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£44,907 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Salford Foundation Emergency Fund
£44,986 15/05/2020
6
Salford Foundation are a charity that work with vulnerable and marginalised women aged 16 and over in Salford. The project aims to support the women through one to one sessions and career guidance ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,463 01/04/2019
Expansion project based in Salford will support socially disadvantaged women who are isolated and experience loneliness due to multiple needs and barriers. Group based activities will be offered, ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,463 02/01/2019
Expansion project based in Salford will support socially disadvantaged women who are isolated and experience loneliness due to multiple needs and barriers. Group based activities will be offered, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Emerge
£54,632 26/11/2018
36
Emerge
Masonic Trust - Children and Young People Services
£39,958 20/07/2016
Mentoring to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds understand the consequences of high risk behaviours.
National Lottery Community Fund - ADAPT
£929,245 05/05/2011
48
Salford Foundation Ltd - Pathways 2 Progress is an £879,245 project in Salford, Manchester and Trafford. It will support young women and men with learning disabilities leaving Youth Offending ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-60
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/1991, number: 1002482
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/1990, number: 02472369
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Salford Foundation
Foundation House
3 Jo Street
SALFORD
M5 4BD

Objectives

1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 5-25 LIVING IN SALFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE NORTH WEST BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. 2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN SALFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE NORTH WEST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Defined Area of Benefit:

MAINLY WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF SALFORD C.C. EDUCATION AUTHORITY

Data Sources

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