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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE 10:10 FOUNDATION

Mission:

Inspiring people in the UK to take the action the climate crisis demands
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
30/06/23£1,271£1,311£-40£142£887£3743.419139
30/06/22£1,481£1,393£87£177£927£2452.1200
30/06/21£871£1,096£-225£183£840£1501.6210
30/06/20£1,485£763£722£184£1,065£2413.8120
30/06/19£554£643£-89£104£346£3085.8100
30/06/18£780£736£43£138£435£3155.1120
30/06/17£741£729£11£121£392£3706.1120
30/06/16*£1,075£695£380£109£380£3425.9120
30/06/15£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 10 years

www.wearepossible.org

hello@wearepossible.org

02073886688

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What it does
Our role is to provide a positive and compelling narrative that inspires action and support for environmental action, and to provide innovative, exciting yet practical projects that enable a mainstream constituency to take meaningful action to protect and enhance the environment for the benefit of the public both today and for future generations.
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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
Samworth Foundation£220,000
Esmee Fairbairn£37,500
Postcode Community Trust£24,908
Friends Provident Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Community Hedge Planting
£24,908 27/06/2022
200 people from different communities came together to take action on climate change and boost nature, planting new hedges on two farms.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Possible (legal name: the 10:10 Foundation)
£4,925 19/04/2022
To work with the local community to design and build a parklet, providing community greenspace and tackling pollution in Bristol.
Friends Provident Foundation - The 10:10 Foundation - Riding Sunbeams
£10,000 05/04/2022
Emergency funding in support of a strategic re-think at RS
Samworth Foundation - Environment
£70,000 15/10/2021
To cover core costs
Samworth Foundation - Climate Action
£150,000 16/06/2020
36
To provide core cost support to Possible to develop new ways of engaging communities in initiatives to promote a better, carbon free, environment.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Possible
£37,500 12/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Possible
£23,000 16/07/2019
6
Towards a diverse gathering of climate change campaigners sharing what they see as priorities for climate action, learning from each other and agreeing how they should support each other’s work
Nesta - AC00812
£170,480 19/07/2018
24
Rethinking Parks programme grant to The 10:10 Foundation Grant Ref AC00812
Nesta - AR00235
£15,000 11/04/2018
4
International Workstream programme grant to The 10:10 Foundation Grant Ref AR00235
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to 10:10 UK
£100,000 17/03/2018
36
Core costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Possible
£500,000 19/04/2016
60
Towards unrestricted core costs to support the 10:10 Foundation as it assumes a greater leadership role in the environmental sector.
Tudor Trust - Grant to 10:10
£40,000 31/03/2016
12
over one year towards the cost of developing materials, supporting community engagement, evaluation and roll out for a community energy pilot project in Bethesda, North Wales
Tudor Trust - Grant to 10:10
£50,000 05/06/2014
over one year as continuation funding towards the running costs of the Solar Schools Project and the development of work with community groups in Manchester
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Possible
£110,000 09/04/2014
Towards a crowd-funding initiative that will create a new source of finance for community energy by providing people with the opportunity to invest directly in renewable energy schemes.
Nesta - AC00220
£50,000 30/03/2012
Innovation in Giving programme grant to The 10:10 Foundation Grant Ref AC00220
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Possible
£70,000 16/12/2009
12
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the director and a contribution to core costs for a campaign to cut CO2 emissions by 10% in 2010.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AMY STEPHEN CAMERON Appointed: 2023
  • DANIEL SEIFU Appointed: 2022
  • HEATHER MURPHY Appointed: 2022
  • HIBA MOHAMED Appointed: 2022
  • JAMES TRISTAN GOODMAN Appointed: 2022
  • NATASHA YORKE-EDGELL Appointed: 2022
  • RICHARD JOHN FURNISS Appointed: 2018
  • ROBERT WILLIAM POMPHRETT Appointed: 2024
  • SARA TELAHOUN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2014, number: 1157363
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR16: 9 days late,
Main office

Possible
8 Delancey Passage
LONDON
NW1 7NN

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; AND2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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