Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE

Foundation for Change works with people affected by substance misuse. A main aim of the organisation is supporting our service-users to integrate and engage in society from a fresh perspective, achieved through education. We aim for individuals to feel more informed, less helpless, and better empowered in their lives as opposed to being dependent on intervention from treatment services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
31/03/24£287£284£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£160£261£-100n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£219£174£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£246£173£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£151£195£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£169£130£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£122£80£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£70£87£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£62£30£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.foundationforchange.org.uk

info@foundationforchange.org.uk

02034901818

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
DCMS£69,148
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£17,133
Co-Operative Group£6,426
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Change
£1,040 21/10/2023
We would like to provide a Psychology for Change course to support people, who are often isolated, to understand their addiction within the context of social inequality.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Foundation for Change
£180,000 07/12/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing courses and programmes for people living in Inner London who are long term unemployed and have a history of substance misuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Foundation for Change Premises Refurb
£3,513 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to refurbish office space. The project aims to improve the environment for when face to face interaction re-commences.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 26/03/2021
Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Change
£5,386 24/10/2020
We seek funding to contribute towards the cost of local residents being able to access our life-changing course – Psychology for Change.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£69,148 11/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Foundation for Change Development Grant
£13,620 21/02/2020
5
The funding will be used by Foundation for Change to expand their reach beyond tackling addiction and substance misuse issues, and to develop monitoring and evaluation systems. This will enable the charity to ensure that their approach is effective ....more
London Catalyst - Foundation for Change - 1
£2,500 05/12/2019
Clothing for Change - facilitating self-discovery and personal growth through the craft of sewing
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 18/10/2018
Foundation for Change
National Lottery Community Fund - Clothing for Change
£9,940 05/10/2018
12
The project will deliver sewing and craft sessions for people with addictions. The aim is to improve employment opportunities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Foundation for Change
£95,000 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing courses and programmes for people in inner London who are long term unemployed and have a history of substance misuse
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Change
£5,661 29/11/2017
Help Foundation for Change raise funds to support people with histories of drug and alcohol misuse to change their lives through education
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CAROLINE EAST Appointed: 2017
  • CAROLINE SIMMONS Appointed: 2016
  • CLIFFORD ATKINS Appointed: 2018
  • ELEANOR BESLEY-GOULD (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • MATT CLACK Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2014, number: 1156575
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

119 Shoreditch High Street
Shoreditch
LONDON
E1 6JN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY*.*FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; BEING A CARER FOR A FAMILY MEMBER AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY:A)INCREASING EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING PROSPECTS THROUGH TRAINING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FOR ANY OF THE REASONS IDENTIFIED ABOVE.B)PROVIDING EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE TO PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOCIALLY EXCLUDED INDIVIDUALS, FOR ANY OF THE REASONS IDENTIFIED ABOVE, FOR THE AIM OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE IDENTIFIED AS SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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