Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 18

THE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION

The Resolution Foundation is an independent research and policy organisation. Our public benefit goal is to improve outcomes for people on low and modest incomes. We do this by undertaking original research and economic analysis to understand the challenges they face. We then develop practical and effective policy proposals and engage with policy makers and key stakeholders to bring about change.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

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
30/09/23		£3,660	£3,414	£246	£0	£1,814	£1,760	6.2	31	0
30/09/22		£3,286	£3,011	£275	£0	£1,568	£1,407	5.6	26	0
30/09/21		£2,736	£2,765	£-29	£0	£1,293	£1,156	5	30	0
30/09/20		£2,988	£2,288	£700	£0	£1,322	£913	4.8	24	0
30/09/19		£1,871	£1,756	£115	£0	£622	£558	3.8	22	0
30/09/18	*	£1,632	£1,510	£122	£0	£507	£440	3.5	18	0
30/09/17		£1,563	£1,436	£127	£0	£386	£278	2.3	16	0
30/09/16		£972	£1,235	£-263	£0	£259	£179	1.7	14	0
30/09/15		£1,221	£1,306	£-85	£5	£522	£437	4	10	0
30/09/14		£1,136	£959	£177	£7	£606	£554	6.9	10	0
30/09/13		£1,142	£1,015	£127	£7	£429	£376	4.4	11	0
30/09/12		£1,008	£966	£43	£7	£303	£303	3.8	8	0
30/09/11		£878	£819	£59	£10	£260	£260	3.8	10	0
30/09/10		£870	£731	£139	£6	£201	£201	3.3	7	0
30/09/09		£683	£695	£-12	£9	£62	£62	1.1	6	0
30/09/08		£442	£516	£-74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/07	*	£431	£660	£-229	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: 40%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 18 years

www.resolutionfoundation.org

info@resolutionfoundation.org

02033722960

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social advocacy & research

How it operates

Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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

Nuffield Foundation	£1,886,729
Trust for London	£145,000
Unbound Philanthropy	£100,000
Friends Provident Foundation	£100,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Nuffield Foundation - Grant to Resolution Foundation
£69,429	18/07/2023	Towards Briefings on UK General Election 2024
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to The Resolution Foundation
£100,000	12/07/2023 24	Research and evidence-based policy recommendations to improve worker power, regulation and enforcement for those in precarious work.
Trust for London - Resolution Foundation
£145,000	03/03/2021	The funding is for the Workertech Partnership, the UK‚Äôs first social investment programme developing and growing ventures that harness technology to improve the prospects, power and career-choices of workers on low-pay or in insecure ....more The funding is for the Workertech Partnership, the UK‚Äôs first social investment programme developing and growing ventures that harness technology to improve the prospects, power and career-choices of workers on low-pay or in insecure employment. This funding will strengthen the impact and user voice work within the programme.
Nuffield Foundation - Strategic fund grant
£1,817,300	11/11/2020	Economy 2030: navigating a decade of change
Friends Provident Foundation - Resolution Foundation - Workertech Fund
£100,000	10/03/2020	To create the UK's first social investment fund aimed at developing and growing ventures seeking to harness technology to improve the prospects, power and career-choices of workers - particularly those on low-pay or in insecure employment.
Trust for London - Resolution Foundation
£40,000	28/02/2019 12	The funding is for a major new research project on working hours and time use in London and the UK. It will bring involve quantitative analysis, qualitative research and an expert seminar, and culminate in a research publication and event. The grant ....more The funding is for a major new research project on working hours and time use in London and the UK. It will bring involve quantitative analysis, qualitative research and an expert seminar, and culminate in a research publication and event. The grant would cover half of the total project costs.
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to The Resolution Foundation
£180,000	31/01/2019 36	For support of research and communications to improve labor market enforcement for precarious work
Nuffield Foundation - Welfare grant
£95,738	11/05/2018	An intergenerational audit of the UK
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to The Resolution Foundation
£60,000	03/08/2016 24	To build a body of evidence on temporary agency workers in the UK in order to identify an appropriate policy response.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Future of the National Minimum Wage and Low Pay Commission
£30,000	23/08/2013	Future of the National Minimum Wage and Low Pay Commission
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Resolution Foundation
£15,000	13/03/2013	The future homeownership for low to middle income households

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-75

CHRISTINA JEAN ALEXANDROU Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Charity Work

CLIVE ADAM COWDERY (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Company Director

DANUTA GRAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

KATE JOSEPHS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

LORD ADAIR TURNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Economist

PAT BUTLER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director

PATRICK STEVENS Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2006, number: 1114839
Registered at Companies House on 11/10/2005, number: 05588883

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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; AR18: 20 days late, AR07: 51 days late,

Main office

2 Queen Annes Gate
London
SW1H 9AA

Objectives

1) to promote research and the education of the public into the economic and social sciences including, but without prejudice to the generality, the effect of economic, social and financial factors on the living standards at all stages of life of people benefiting from an income at or below the national average; and 2) to the extent resources of the charity are not required for object 1), to prevent and relieve poverty and to advance such other exclusively charitable purposes as the trustees see fit, including, but without prejudice to the generality, through social investment projects.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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