Finance Score: 10
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 33 ?

THE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOUNDATION

To demonstrate that children and adults with severe learning disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging can enjoy normal life opportunities when their behaviour is properly understood and appropriately supported, and to support parents and carers through education and information to enable this to happen.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/01/23£530£523£7£21£578£45110.31420
31/01/22£610£516£94£20£570£44710.41424
31/01/21£595£508£88£18£476£3618.51140
31/01/20£438£322£115n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/19£343£258£85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18£282£270£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/17£370£466£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/16£616£635£-19£44£272£2254.2130
31/01/15*£664£588£76£48£291£1944130
31/01/14£462£534£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/13£559£589£-30£6£287£2424.9120
31/01/12£506£476£31£6£318£2997.5100
31/01/11£351£320£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/10£316£250£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/09£275£211£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/08£172£132£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/07£84£81£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/06£84£60£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/05£82£79£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/04£65£19£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 10.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk

info@thecbf.org.uk

01634838739

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£566,459
The Blagrave Trust£262,300
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£150,000
Pears Foundation£100,000
Masonic Trust£59,201
BBC Children in Need£44,571
Dulverton Trust£30,000
Esmee Fairbairn£23,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£59,201 22/03/2024
Family support service providing information, one to one casework and support to families caring for a child or young person with a severe learning disability whose behaviours may challenge.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting transitions to adult services
£150,000 17/07/2023
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) works to ensure people with severe learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge, and those who care for and support them, have their needs met. This ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Young People in Policy Making Fund
£133,300 17/07/2023
Challenging Behaviour Foundation - YP in policy
Pears Foundation - Core Funding
£50,000 20/02/2023
24
Core Funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF)
£3,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£44,571 02/09/2022
This project will empower children and young people from Chatham, Kent to deliver Social Action in their community
The Blagrave Trust - Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF)-
£129,000 31/05/2022
Young people in policy making
Pears Foundation - Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£25,000 04/03/2022
Core Funding
Department of Health - Challenging behaviour foundation
£78,889 10/02/2022
We are looking for bids that provide support in the following ways:Supporting the mental health needs of children, young people and adults with learning disability and autistic individuals who may ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£25,000 12/02/2021
Core Funding
Dulverton Trust - CBF Family Support Service
£30,000 10/02/2021
CBF Family Support Service
Department of Health - Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£10,600 01/10/2020
Support for people dealing with challenging behaviour in children during the CV19 pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£12,832 23/07/2020
Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Department of Health - Covid Funding
£217,796 22/05/2020
Support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF)
£20,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Department of Health - Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£259,174 17/04/2020
The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting it right for children, young people and adults with severe lea
£445,678 18/07/2019
60
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) is the only UK charity for people with severe learning disabilities who display behaviour described as challenging. The organisation will use funding to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Behaviour Support for Family Carers
£50,000 23/04/2019
12
TPP4 - Learning Disabilities - Supporting Families
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£74,499 22/03/2018
36
The funding will support a contribution towards supporting the Family Support Service and in particular the Family Support Caseworker who provides individual and family support to those transitioning ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF)
£200,000 12/09/2017
60
Towards core salary and project costs for work to improve outcomes for people with severe learning disabilities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 03/05/2017
Supporting You: Our Information and Support Service for Families caring for children and adults with severe learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 01/03/2017
Supports children and adults with severe learning disabilities with behaviour challenges by providing information, advice and workshops for families and carers.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£33,700 28/03/2014
The charity provides support to families with a child displaying challenging behaviour. The funding will support the family support work project and ensure continued advocacy for families.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF)
£119,797 09/10/2013
Towards the costs of a sustained campaign of pressure to ensure that the policy changes and practical recommendations following the abuses of disabled people at Winterbourne View are implemented.
National Lottery Community Fund - Challenging Behaviour - developing our support networks
£299,645 17/01/2013
36
This England wide project will enable The Challenging Behaviour Foundation to continue to provide and further develop a support network for families caring for individuals with severe learning ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Challenging Behaviour Foundation
£105,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of a support and information service for carers of young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour across the UK
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-68
  • ALEXANDER PAUL ROOK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
  • CLARE JOSEPHINE MILLION Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • DIANE LIGHTFOOT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director Of Communications And Policy
  • DR DAVID GERWYN ALLEN (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JAMES ROBERT DODD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Digital Communications Manager
  • KAREN ANNE JANKULAK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Family Carer
  • KATHLEEN A SANGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Family Carer
  • NICK GORE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Lecturer
  • SOPHIE EMILY COOPER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/02/1997, number: 1060714
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/1997, number: 03307407
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 22 days late,
Main office

CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOUNDATION
THE OLD COURTHOUSE
NEW ROAD AVENUE
CHATHAM
KENT
ME4 6BE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WITH SEVERE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS: CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR - BEHAVIOUR OF SUCH INTENSITY, FREQUENCY OR DURATION THAT THE PHYSICAL SAFTEY OF THE PERSON, OR OTHERS, IS LIKELY TO BE PLACED IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY, OR BEHAVIOUR WHICH WILL LIMIT OR DENY ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY OR IMPAIR A CHILD'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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