Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

    PROTECT (WHISTLEBLOWING ADVICE) LIMITED 

    Protect - the whistleblowing charity - promotes individual responsibility and organisational accountability. We strive to ensure that genuine concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace are raised and dealt with constructively. We offer confidential advice to employees, provide professional services to organisations and promote public interest whistleblowing.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    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
    31/12/22£971£842£129£0£331£3314.7181
    31/12/21£878£799£79£0£202£2023170
    31/12/20£870£836£34£0£124£1161.7170
    31/12/19*£894£879£15£0£89£891.2174
    31/12/18£727£942£-215£0£74£740.9194
    31/12/17£708£809£-101£0£289£2894.3140
    31/12/16£801£674£127£0£390£3906.9130
    31/12/15*£564£617£-53£32£263£2635.1110
    31/12/14£530£642£-112£42£316£3165.9120
    31/12/13*£543£656£-114£54£429£4267.8120
    31/12/12£396£520£-124£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/11£450£515£-65£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/10£423£473£-51£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/09£438£377£61£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/08£511£468£43£39£721£72118.580
    31/12/07£498£445£53£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/06£519£440£79£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/05£564£373£191£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/04£440£316£124£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 60%
    Liabilities/Income: 52%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.2
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 31 years

    www.protect-advice.org.uk

    whistle@protect-advice.org.uk

    02031172520

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Advice organisations
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 18 employees
    • 1 volunteer

    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
    The Joffe Trust - Protect (Whistleblowing Advice) Ltd
    £75,000 23/05/2023
    Policy and advocacy work
    Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Protect
    £157,324 27/11/2021
    Core costs

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 50-70
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/1993, number: 1025557
    • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/1993, number: 02849833
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR19: 11 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR13: 17 days late,
    Main office

    Protect
    244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
    London
    E2 9DA

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BY GOVERNMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT OF PERSONNEL, HEALTH SAFETY AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICES AND PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO UNDERTAKE CATERGORIES OF WORK AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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