Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

APPS FOR GOOD 

Apps for Good is an education technology movement which prepares young people for the real world. Working alongside educators Apps for Good offers a free, flexible course framework that infuses digital learning with teamwork, creativity and entrepreneurship. Students find a problem they want to solve and apply new skills to making a real life technology product. They explore the full product development cycle from concept, to coding, to launch in a way that brings the classroom to life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 14 years

www.appsforgood.org

contact@appsforgood.org

02081506908

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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
31/08/23£517£527£-10£68£369£3698.411100
31/08/22£528£526£1£83£379£3798.613100
31/08/21£494£492£2n/an/an/an/an/a500
31/08/20£677£593£84£49£375£3757.616450
31/08/19£698£688£10£56£291£2915.112233
31/08/18£787£758£29£82£281£2814.5120
31/08/17£909£991£-82£75£252£2523130
31/08/16£983£1,225£-242£97£333£3333.3150
31/08/15£1,283£1,134£149£23£575£5335.6150
31/08/14£1,255£1,230£25£11£426£3663.6140
31/08/13?£1,168£1,235£-67£13£401£3613.5110
30/04/12£624£488£136£66£468£2806.9120
30/04/11£350£261£89£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 36.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 11 employees
  • 100 volunteers
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
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 20/05/2022
Supporting young people in challenging schools to Innovate for Climate Change
WCIT Charity - Grant to Apps for Good
£9,300 26/05/2021
Funding for the creation and launch of a new version of the Apps for Good mobile app design course specifically for people with special educational needs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 29/04/2019
The development and expansion of Apps for Goods work in the UK
Comic Relief - Sustainability Fund 2
£39,600 13/02/2019
3
For this project, the Comic Relief Future Labs Sustainability Fund would support the first big step in migrating Apps for Good’s platform, the backbone of its service and operations, to a leaner ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Apps for Good
£1,200,000 28/03/2017
48
Apps for Good
Comic Relief - Challenging sexism in the digital sector
£148,000 16/03/2016
36
There is an unfairness in the tech sector with a big gender disparity, a macho culture, and negative attitudes to women. Apps for Good has built up an excellent reputation in teaching young people to ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CDI Apps For Good
£319,500 10/09/2014
Towards core costs of an organisation that equips students to research, design and make digital products and take them to market.
Nesta - AC00314
£154,800 25/03/2013
Innovation in Giving programme grant to Apps for Good Grant Ref AC00314
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CDI Apps For Good
£210,000 07/04/2011
Towards the Apps for Good programme.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CDI Apps For Good
£15,000 25/02/2009
6
Towards Project costs Towards the cost of a feasibility study to assess the demand and potential impact of using technology as a way of improving skills and education.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-55
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2010, number: 1133656
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/04/2008, number: 06560779
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o RPGCC
40 Gracechurch Street
LONDON
EC3V 0BT

Objectives

1 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CITIZENS RIGHTS SCHOOLS ('ITCRS'S') IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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