Overall GiG Score: 14 based on 18 data points
Finance: -1
Governance: 6
Support: 9
Poor Liquidity: -1, Strong growth: +2, Multiple Deficits: -2,
Dynamic board: +3, Gender balanced board: +3,
Supporters: +9

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:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 10 years

www.wearepossible.org

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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
30/06/22£1,481£1,393£87£177£927£2602.2200
30/06/21£871£1,096£-225£183£840£1471.6210
30/06/20£1,485£763£722£184£1,065£2413.8120
30/06/19£554£643£-89£104£346£1923.6100
30/06/18£780£736£43£138£435£3155.1121
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/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.7%
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
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.
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Samworth Foundation£220,000
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation£60,500
Friends Provident Foundation£10,000
Quartet Community Foundation£4,925
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Quartet Community 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
£10,000 05/04/2022
Emergency funding in support of a strategic re-think at RS
Community Foundation in Wales
£2,000 04/04/2022
Contibution towards the organisation costs
Samworth Foundation
£70,000 15/10/2021
To cover core costs
Samworth Foundation
£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.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£37,500 12/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£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
£170,480 19/07/2018
24
Rethinking Parks programme grant to The 10:10 Foundation Grant Ref AC00812
Nesta
£15,000 11/04/2018
4
International Workstream programme grant to The 10:10 Foundation Grant Ref AR00235
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
£100,000 17/03/2018
36
Core costs
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£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.
The Tudor Trust
£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
The Tudor Trust
£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
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£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
£50,000 30/03/2012
Innovation in Giving programme grant to The 10:10 Foundation Grant Ref AC00220
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£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 do they operate?

Energy Projects

Objectives: To achieve zero carbon power and zero carbon buildings

Description: Finding alternative ways of powering peoples lives and heating peoples homes to take on climate change

Nature Projects

Objectives: To work with the natural world so that it can lock up carbon and build defences against climate impact

Description: Planning tree and hedge planting to help people take practical action on climate change in their own communities

Travel Projects

Objectives: To help swap cars for public transport and active travel, planes for trains and help to electrify everything

Description: Help local communities re-imagine their own neighbourhoods where transport dependency is a thing of the past and help co-design and deliver practical grassroots solutions that reduce motor traffic dominance

Eat and Buy Projects

Objectives: To help people switch to plant heavy diets, ending waste, and learning to love living with less

Description: Introducing campaigns that will help get people eating and shopping differently to tackle the climate crisis

Talking Projects

Objectives: To break the climate silence, and empower people to understand the crisis faced

Description: Building better systems for talking about climate change - funding great journalism, supporting diverse and exciting new voices, experimenting with projects like citizens assemblies and challenging systems that get in the way of public debate

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2014, number: 1157363
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
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
CharityBase

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