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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CAREER CONNECT 

Career Connect's Vision is a society where every individual realises their full potential.Our Mission is to drive social mobility by enabling more people to access and succeed in education, training and employment.
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Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
miles

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
31/03/23£17,063£14,750£2,312£218£6,993£6,9935.73370
31/03/22£10,597£11,045£-448£163£6,810£6,8107.43040
31/03/21£9,921£10,271£-350£149£4,483£4,4835.22960
31/03/20£10,359£11,420£-1,061£3,375£11,940£11,94012.52860
31/03/19£12,526£15,247£-2,722£3,393£11,610£11,6109.13400
31/03/18£14,446£15,604£-1,158£2,905£14,148£14,14810.93500
31/03/17£15,033£15,945£-911£2,817£16,222£16,22212.23710
31/03/16£13,261£15,056£-1,796£3,600£10,182£10,1828.13450
31/03/15£11,676£12,386£-710£68£12,299£12,29911.93250
31/03/14£16,983£19,040£-2,057£36£11,311£11,3117.14460
31/03/13£17,443£17,500£-56£52£3,022£3,0222.13950
31/03/12£20,549£20,984£-434£31£4,260£4,2602.43780
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years
(22 years as a company)

www.careerconnect.org.uk

gill.holywell@careerconnect.org.uk

01516007700

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 337 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
Manchester City Council - Grant to Career Connect
£13,835 19/09/2019
Grant to organisation to carry out additional activities aimed at reducing the level of 16/17 year olds that are reported as being unknown and recruit a temporary engagement worker
Manchester City Council - Grant to Career Connect
£3,400 19/09/2019
Grant to organisation to carry out additional activities aimed at reducing the level of 16/17 year olds that are reported as being unknown
Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund - Employment Training and Education
£604,770 01/03/2015
Vulnerable young people
Triodos New Horizons Social Impact Bond - Employment Training and Education
£1,500,000 01/05/2012
Vulnerable young people

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 25-68
  • LENNINA OFORI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Housing Company
  • ELOISE BOYE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Analyst Consultant
  • MORIAH ROSE NELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Head Of Strategy And Governance
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2011, number: 1141077
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/2001, number: 04233289
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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Career Connect
7th Floor Walker House
Exchange House
LIVERPOOL
L2 3YL

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND PRIMARILY GREATER MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, EDUCATION, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND PRIMARILY GREATER MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY; AND3 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND PRIMARILY GREATER MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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