Overall Score: 17 based on 11 data points
Finance: -1
Governance: 9
Support: 9
(no PartB)
Reasonable growth: +1, Deficit latest year: -2,
Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3, Gender balanced board: +3,
Large volunteers +3, Gov Income, Supporters: +6

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 Government grants
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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.

How you can help

Established: 29 years
(32 years as a company)

www.workaid.org

admin@workaid.org

01494775220

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This Charity did not raise funds from the public in its latest financial period
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
05/04/23£483,458£556,539£-73,081200
05/04/22£496,362£466,997£29,365200
05/04/21£405,284£363,391£41,893230
05/04/20£438,898£455,760£-16,862270
05/04/19£381,672£404,423£-22,751250
05/04/18£318,328£338,222£-19,8940
05/04/17£364,294£310,907£53,3870
05/04/16£239,033£264,188£-25,1550
05/04/15£268,130£206,432£61,6980
05/04/14£396,622£206,522£190,1000
05/04/13£242,172£269,846£-27,6740
05/04/12£276,487£185,525£90,9620
05/04/11£267,413£202,025£65,3880
05/04/10£249,615£179,486£70,1290
05/04/09£467,952£245,899£222,0530
05/04/08£287,067£173,723£113,3440
05/04/07£150,301£158,301£-8,0000
05/04/06£172,592£136,576£36,0160
05/04/05£142,815£140,585£2,2300
05/04/04£166,603£146,875£19,7280
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What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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.
Who works here?
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, Zambia,

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
£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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How do they operate?

The Hub

Objectives: Enables adults with learning difficulties to take part in volunteering and experience workshop activities.

Beneficiaries: Adults with learning difficulties

Location: Chesham, Buckinghamshire

Description: First opened in 2010, The Hub Workaid's UK project enables adults with learning difficulties to experience workshop activities.
Our specially designated workspace at our workshop in Chesham opens 2 days a week offering tailored sessions led by our experienced coordinator.
Activities range across all departments with practical tasks sorting, cleaning and fixing. All of which makes a valuable contribution to Workaids support in Africa. We will work in collaboration to design an adaptable program putting the needs, interests and suitability at the forefront.

Our work in Africa

Objectives: A world in which all young people are able to achieve full and productive employment.

Beneficiaries: Young people in Africa

Location: Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Sierra Leone

Description: Empowering young people in Africa to help themselves by developing 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.
Every year we send enough tools to help 9000 people learn the skills they need to help themselves out of poverty.

Who works here?

  • ADRIAN HATCH
    CEO
  • JASON PAUL
    Volunteer & IT Coordinator
  • CLAIRE VINCENT
    Shop Supervisor

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-75
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
  • 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
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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