Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

RELEASING POTENTIAL LTD 

Educational and outdoor activities and support for young people who are not fully accessing main stream education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/08/22£1,791£1,675£116£0£864£8406490
31/08/21£1,631£1,449£182£0£748£6855.7430
31/08/20£1,272£1,310£-38£0£566£5425360
31/08/19£1,395£1,312£83£0£603£5525310
31/08/18£1,225£1,162£63£0£521£4925.1263
31/08/17£1,208£1,106£101£0£458£4514.9260
31/08/16?£1,065£1,075£-10£0£357£3463.9270
31/07/15£1,037£950£87£9£366£3264.1270
31/07/14£843£770£73£8£280£2674.2220
31/07/13£637£621£17£8£207£1933.7160
31/07/12£412£342£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£308£288£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£334£314£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£331£287£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£327£300£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£249£230£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£249£230£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£179£139£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£179£139£41£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 21 years

www.releasingpotential.com

admin@releasingpotential.com

02392479762

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 49 employees

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 Michael And Betty Little Trust - Releasing Potential
£20,000 08/12/2020
Provision of disabled facilities at coastal centre
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Releasing Potential
£25,000 14/04/2019
Educational and outdoor activities and support for young people who are not fully accessing main stream education
National Lottery Community Fund - Releasing Potential Youth Coastal Rowing
£9,578 26/03/2018
12
The project will purchase new rowing boats and equipment which will enable them to develop their youth coastal rowing scheme with the aim of engaging young people who are not currently accessing main ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Outdoor leadership academy
£75,000 08/07/2014
Young people in care
National Lottery Community Fund - Releasing Potential Forest School Shelter
£10,000 20/11/2013
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in West Sussex. The organisation will use the funding to develop an indoor teaching space at its premises that will be used for Forest School and ....more
Sport England - RP Sea Kayaking
£7,556 23/07/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'RP Sea Kayaking'. This project lists its main activity as Canoeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2003, number: 1097440
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2002, number: 04622100
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

8 KINGSCROFT COURT
RIDGWAY, HAVANT
HAMPSHIRE
PO9 1LS

Objectives

ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THOSE WHO MAY HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND/OR THOSE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS TO EQUIP THEM TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVEAND (C) BELOW;(C) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(II) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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