Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 4

INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC RESEARCH STUDIES INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

The IARS International Institute has a charitable mission to give everyone a chance to forge a safer, fairer and more inclusive society. It achieves its charitable aims by producing evidence-based solutions to current social problems, sharing best practice and by supporting young people and the community to shape decision making. The Institute has expertise in justice, equalities and young people.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23	*	£182	£358	£-176	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£439	£625	£-186	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£521	£516	£5	£0	£506	£401	9.3	5	36
31/03/20		£721	£556	£165	£18	£501	£323	7	5	36
31/03/19		£837	£747	£90	£18	£336	£95	1.5	4	1,000
31/03/18		£897	£761	£136	£18	£246	£57	0.9	4	0
31/03/17		£534	£504	£31	£7	£110	£44	1	5	0
31/03/16		£413	£413	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£416	£414	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£423	£421	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£298	£295	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£249	£302	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£291	£271	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£211	£151	£59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£107	£90	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 16 years
(19 years as a company)

www.sculptuk.org

contact@sculptuk.org

02071679411

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Scientific research and testing services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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

London Borough of Southwark	£56,814
City Bridge Trust	£49,650
Postcode Society Trust	£18,900
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,450

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£18,900	03/04/2023	Funding delivered Igniting Futures, a holistic employment support programme for marginalised and disadvantaged young people aged 14-18.
National Lottery Community Fund - Igniting Futures - supporting young people to shape their futures
£9,450	03/02/2023	The funding will be used to scale up the organisation’s Igniting Future’s work experience programme for young people. The project aims to make the programme more accessible and support young people to develop confidence and skills that will ....more The funding will be used to scale up the organisation’s Igniting Future’s work experience programme for young people. The project aims to make the programme more accessible and support young people to develop confidence and skills that will improve employability.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sculpt UK (Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute)
£49,650	12/12/2022 24	£49,650 over two years (£24,950; £24,700) to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute’s project to equip young people from marginalised backgrounds in Southwark to become young trustees. Costs include salary contributions ....more £49,650 over two years (£24,950; £24,700) to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute’s project to equip young people from marginalised backgrounds in Southwark to become young trustees. Costs include salary contributions – Chief Executive one day a month and a Project Lead four days a month – marketing costs and some equipment for use by young people.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£28,407	31/03/2022	Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£28,407	01/04/2020	Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£26,301	01/04/2019	Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The IARS International Institute
£84,000	01/08/2018	The Latin sounds of Pueblito Paisa: Preserving our history and memories
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£26,301	01/04/2018	Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£13,150	01/04/2017	Youth and play grant Oct-March grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£11,117	01/04/2017	Youth grant Apr-Sept 2017 grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Independent Academic Research Studies International Institute
£22,235	01/04/2016	Youth service - main grant grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Comic Relief - The Gender & Justice Empowerment Project
£120,000	30/09/2015 36	Refugee and asylum seeking women are more susceptible to being victims of crime, particularly violence against women and girls (VAWG). Their immigration status can make them more vulnerable to being victims of crime, because they cannot get legal ....more Refugee and asylum seeking women are more susceptible to being victims of crime, particularly violence against women and girls (VAWG). Their immigration status can make them more vulnerable to being victims of crime, because they cannot get legal aid or access other forms of support. This grant will help ensure that as the UK introduces new legislation for all victims of crime to ensure better support, the needs this very vulnerable group are not overlooked. The grant will support refugee women themselves helping to shape the new Bill through consultation and engagement. The aim is to ensure that women asylum seekers and refugees are well supported and do not have to continue to live in dangerous and harmful situations with violent abusers for example, because no help is available.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-64

EMILY POYSER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant

RABAB HALABI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Unemployed

RICHARD ELLIOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2008, number: 1124590
Registered at Companies House on 31/01/2005, number: 05348191

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR23: 56 days late,

Main office

Sculpt
South Bank Technopark
90 London Road
London
SE1 6LN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, CHILDREN AND ADULT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY:(A) PROVIDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE TRAINING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH, STUDIES OR OTHER ACTIVITIES TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUES WHICH AFFECT THEM AND;(B) ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTING AND FACILITATING THEM TO ACQUIRE A VOICE IN DEMOCRATIC LIFE AND USE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH AND LEARNING TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES WHICH AFFECT THEM INCLUDING AMONGST OTHER DECISIONS MAKERS, GOVERNMENTS, POLICY MAKERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WORLDWIDE.

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