Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2

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

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 21

VOICE 21

Voice 21 exists to enable economically disadvantaged pupils in the UK to develop good oracy skills. We do this by building the capacity of teachers and schools to provide a high quality oracy education while developing and promoting a compelling evidence base for the impact and importance of oracy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 gender

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
31/08/23	£3,032	£3,011	£21	£0	£811	£764	3	57	0
31/08/22	£2,243	£1,774	£469	£0	£789	£717	4.8	39	0
31/08/21	£1,081	£1,061	£20	£0	£320	£291	3.3	25	0
31/08/20	£923	£921	£2	£0	£300	£285	3.7	20	0
31/08/19	£781	£604	£178	£0	£298	£240	4.8	13	0
31/08/18	£472	£445	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17?	£134	£130	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£194	£174	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£127	£154	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£270	£290	£-20	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: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 69%
Liabilities/Income: 61%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 11 years

www.voice21.org

hello@voice21.org

020 7082 5221

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

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 Defined Groups
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

Impetus PEF	£595,000
Dulverton Trust	£97,243
Nesta	£59,970
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£3,135

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Impetus PEF -
£210,000	01/07/2022
Impetus PEF -
£180,000	01/07/2021
Dulverton Trust - Closing the vocabulary gap through oracy
£97,243	10/02/2021	Closing the vocabulary gap through oracy
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Voice 21
£3,135	08/02/2021 12	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Impetus PEF -
£25,000	01/07/2020
Impetus PEF -
£180,000	01/07/2020
Nesta - AC01057
£59,970	27/03/2020 17	Future Ready Fund programme grant to Voice 21 Grant Ref AC01057
Impetus PEF -
£75,000	01/07/2019
Nesta - AC00868
£45,986	27/02/2019 18	Future Ready Fund programme grant to Voice 21 Grant Ref AC00868
Dulverton Trust - Voice 21 in PRUs
£30,000	13/02/2019	Voice 21 in PRUs

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67

BARONESS ESTELLE MORRIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Peer

KYUSH MODASIA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

METHUSALAH JOSEPH SEALY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer

MIRIAM CHRISTINE JORDAN KEANE Appointed: 2020

PETER HYMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Head Teacher

SARAH JACQUELINE KAISER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Human Resources

SIMEON COYLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Leader

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/07/2013, number: 1152672
Registered at Companies House on 02/08/2012, number: 08165798

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Voice 21
C/O
X+Why
8-10 Grosvenor Gardens
LONDON
SW1W 0DH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:2.1 RESEARCHING, PARTICIPATING IN AND SUPPORTING INNOVATION IN EDUCATION; AND/OR2.2 SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (AND SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR) IN ANY WAY THAT THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;AND WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR SUCCESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

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