Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 2

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 4

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:

Why is the Board completely 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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£1,898	£1,874	£24	£0	£888	£887	5.7	47	0
31/08/22	£1,791	£1,675	£116	£0	£864	£840	6	49	0
31/08/21	£1,631	£1,449	£182	£0	£748	£685	5.7	43	0
31/08/20	£1,272	£1,310	£-38	£0	£566	£542	5	36	0
31/08/19	£1,395	£1,312	£83	£0	£603	£552	5	31	0
31/08/18	£1,225	£1,162	£63	£0	£521	£492	5.1	26	0
31/08/17	£1,208	£1,106	£101	£0	£458	£451	4.9	26	0
31/08/16?	£1,065	£1,075	£-10	£0	£357	£346	3.9	27	0
31/07/15	£1,037	£950	£87	£9	£366	£326	4.1	27	0
31/07/14	£843	£770	£73	£8	£280	£267	4.2	22	0
31/07/13	£637	£621	£17	£8	£207	£193	3.7	16	0
31/07/12	£412	£342	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/11	£308	£288	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/10	£334	£314	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/09	£331	£287	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/08	£327	£300	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/07	£249	£230	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/06	£249	£230	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/05	£179	£139	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/04	£179	£139	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 22 years

www.releasingpotential.com

admin@releasingpotential.com

02392479762

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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 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.

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 stream education in positive activities.
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 conservation activities. This will enable the group to ....more 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 conservation activities. This will enable the group to offer a wider range of developmental and learning activities to the local community and organisations in a safe, accessible and dry shelter in all weathers.
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 (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-68

MICHAEL ANDREW KING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

PAUL DAVID SUTER (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Accountant

PAUL GRANVILLE JENKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Consultant

PETER JAMES STANWAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

SALLY JOAN GARRETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Education/Teacher

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

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
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; all on time

Main office

8 KINGSCROFT COURT
RIDGWAY
HAVANT
HAMPSHIRE

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.

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