Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

WORKAID

Mission:

Workaid enables young people in Africa to build sustainable livelihoods

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Comment by the Charity:
In line with good governance requirements, we introduced a rotation system for governors a few years ago. In light of the pandemic it has been hard to find replacements but we have now managed to do this so the normal rotation pattern will resume.

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
05/04/23		£483	£557	£-73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
05/04/22		£496	£467	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
05/04/21		£405	£363	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	230
05/04/20	*	£439	£456	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	270
05/04/19		£382	£404	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
05/04/18		£318	£338	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£364	£311	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£239	£264	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£268	£206	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£397	£207	£190	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£242	£270	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£276	£186	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£267	£202	£65	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£250	£179	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09		£468	£246	£222	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08	*	£287	£174	£113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/07		£150	£158	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/06		£173	£137	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/05		£143	£141	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/04	*	£167	£147	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years
(33 years as a company)

www.workaid.org

admin@workaid.org

01494775220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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What it does

We empower young people to develop the skills and knowledge needed to find gainful employment or start their own business. We do this by refurbishing donated tools to a high standard and shipping them to training centres and self-help organisations. In 2015 we received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, Zambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 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
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Workaid
£30,000	17/06/2022	Developing volunteering opportunities to improve social welfare and skills development among young and vulnerable people by expanding capacity for voluntary work experience, especially for young ....more Developing volunteering opportunities to improve social welfare and skills development among young and vulnerable people by expanding capacity for voluntary work experience, especially for young people with SEND.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-75

ALISON HAINES Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Administrator

DEREK STEPHEN MOORES Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Retired

LOUISE MARGARET WALKER Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Company Director

MICHILA DAWN CRITCHLEY Appointed: 2015

PETER CHARLES JOSEPH CHIDGEY Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Consultant

ROBERT JAMES LEVINE Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Consultant

KENNETH GEORGE WILCOCK Appointed: 2015 Occupation: Retired

RICHARD PETER QUENTIN CANHAM Appointed: 2017 Occupation: Retired

Acting Chairman

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/1994, number: 1041574
Registered at Companies House on 24/01/1991, number: 02576450

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; AR20: 81 days late, AR08: 247 days late, AR04: 19 days late,

Main office

Workaid
The Old Boot Factory
71 Townsend Road
Chesham
HP5 2AA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DESTITUTION AND THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AID TO THOSE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF DROUGHT, FAMINE AND DISEASE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND TO THIS END TO PROVIDE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT WHICH MAY BE NEEDED TO COMBAT ANY OF THE FOREGOING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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