Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Award winner
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 15

INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION

Foster trust and confidence in the Internet.Assist Internet service providers to combat online child abuse content.Assist law enforcement in the fight against online child abuse content

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity is a recent Award Winner
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 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
31/03/23	£6,012	£4,913	£1,099	£0	£5,458	£5,505	13.4	67
31/03/22	£5,495	£4,075	£1,421	£0	£4,409	£3,273	9.6	51
31/03/21	£4,525	£3,693	£832	£0	£2,961	£2,895	9.4	43
31/03/20	£3,362	£3,669	£-307	£0	£2,058	£2,058	6.7	42
31/03/19	£3,144	£2,955	£189	£0	£2,403	£2,403	9.8	38
31/03/18	£2,920	£2,845	£75	£0	£2,206	£2,206	9.3	36
31/03/17	£2,887	£2,539	£349	£0	£2,131	£1,931	9.1	31
31/03/16	£2,885	£2,289	£596	£0	£1,783	£1,783	9.3	30
31/03/15	£2,273	£2,152	£121	£41	£1,186	£1,186	6.6	30
31/03/14	£1,754	£1,728	£25	£77	£1,065	£1,065	7.4	30
31/03/13	£1,473	£1,634	£-161	£95	£1,040	£1,001	7.3	20
31/03/12	£1,271	£1,407	£-136	£156	£1,201	£1,201	10.2	18
31/03/11	£1,590	£1,125	£464	£71	£1,337	£1,117	11.9	17
31/03/10	£1,260	£1,066	£194	£96	£872	£817	9.2	15
31/03/09	£1,078	£1,030	£48	£92	£678	£678	7.9	14
31/03/08	£992	£975	£17	£78	£630	£630	7.8	13
31/03/07	£1,077	£876	£201	£20	£613	£522	7.2	14

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 58%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 101%
Reserves/Spending: 13.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 18 years
(26 years as a company)

www.iwf.org.uk

admin@iwf.org.uk

01223203030

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Angola, Anguilla, Australia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Falkland Islands, France, Gibraltar, India, Ireland, Mauritius, Montserrat, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie And Oeno Islands, Saint Helena, Scotland, South Africa, Throughout England And Wales, Turks And Caicos Islands, Uganda, Zambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

67 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
Home Office - IWF campaign to self-generated indecent imagery of children
£22,400	26/10/2021	To fund a campaign to prevent the development and circulation of youth-produced sexual imagery, by reducing the instances of children being groomed or coerced by adults to record and share with them ....more To fund a campaign to prevent the development and circulation of youth-produced sexual imagery, by reducing the instances of children being groomed or coerced by adults to record and share with them images or videos (pre-recorded or via livestreaming) of their own abuse. The first campaign is aimed at parents/carers and will raise awareness of the risk of child sexual abuse online; support parents in developing a dialogue with children around keeping safe online; and direct parents to online tools and resources that can increase their childrens safety online and to report any instances of abuse. The second campaign is targeted at girls aged 11-13, as the most at-risk group, and aims to build their resilience to the threat of adults grooming or coercing the production of youth-produced sexual imagery. The campaign will signpost to a microsite which informs children of how and where to receive support; to report abuse; how to request images are taken down; and industrys responsibilities in helping young people.
Home Office - Internet Watch Foundation
£350,000	01/04/2021	In the governments Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy 2021 , it set out a commitment to continue to invest in the UKs world-leading Child Abuse Image Database (CAID), to help safeguard more victims ....more In the governments Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy 2021 , it set out a commitment to continue to invest in the UKs world-leading Child Abuse Image Database (CAID), to help safeguard more victims and survivors, bring more offenders to justice and better support officers wellbeing.
Home Office - IWF campaign to tackle youth-produced sexual imagery 20/21
£85,425	01/12/2020	To fund a campaign to prevent the development and circulation of youth-produced sexual imagery, by reducing the instances of children being groomed or coerced by adults to record and share with them ....more To fund a campaign to prevent the development and circulation of youth-produced sexual imagery, by reducing the instances of children being groomed or coerced by adults to record and share with them images or videos (pre-recorded or via livestreaming) of their own abuse.The first campaign is aimed at parents/carers and will raise awareness of the risk of child sexual abuse online; support parents in developing a dialogue with children around keeping safe online; and direct parents to online tools and resources that can increase their childrens safety online and to report any instances of abuse.The second campaign is targeted at girls aged 11-13, as the most at-risk group, and aims to build their resilience to the threat of adults grooming or coercing the production of youth-produced sexual imagery. The campaign will signpost to a microsite which informs children of how and where to receive support; to report abuse; how to request images are taken down; and industrys responsibilities in helping young people.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-64

ANDREW JOHN CAMPLING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

BRONAGH MCCLOSKEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Affairs Manager

NICHOLAS JEREMY NEWMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

RACHEL SARAH YEOMANS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

SIMON COLIN BENJAMIN STAFFELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Public Affairs

SINEAD AINE COOGAN JOBES Appointed: 2022

ALEXANDER IAN ARTHUR EVANS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Professor, Other trusteeship: INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE-UK,

CATHERINE BROWN (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Non-Executive Director And Consultant, Other trusteeship: HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK,

GILES CROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

TERRY DOWNING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

SUPRIYA SURI MALIK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Childrens Services, Other trusteeship: OUTREACH 3 WAY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2005, number: 1112398
Registered at Companies House on 29/08/1997, number: 03426366

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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

Internet Watch Foundation
Discovery House
Chivers Way
Histon
CAMBRIDGE
CB24 9ZR

Objectives

(A) THE PROMOTION OF THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY WORKING TO MINIMISE THE AVAILABILITY OF POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL OR OTHERWISE HARMFUL CONTENT ON THE INTERNET. (B) THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES RELATING TO OFFENCES INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO ILLEGAL CONTENT ON THE INTERNET IN PARTICULAR BY: (I) OPERATING A HOTLINE ENABLING THE PUBLIC TO REPORT SUCH INSTANCES;(II) OPERATING A NOTICE AND TAKEDOWN SERVICE TO ALERT HOSTING SERVICE PROVIDERS OF SUCH CRIMINAL CONTENT FOUND ON THEIR SERVERS; AND (III) ALERTING RELEVANT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO THE CONTENT. (C) TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AN WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WORLDWIDE.

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