Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

FOUNDERS4SCHOOLS

Mission:

To advance and promote the education of people under the age of 25 in such ways as the charity trustees from time to time think fit including by promoting, facilitating and assisting in the provision of careers education and advice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Comment by the Charity:
In 2020/21 Founders4Schools launched and funded a new initiative in response to the Covid-19 pandemic called Digital Boost (https://www.digitalboost.org.uk/about-us-2) to provide digital skill support to charities and small businesses to help them grow their revenues and be more productive. As a result, the reserves figure in our 2019/20 accounts is skewed as the funding was put towards this project. It is our \'free reserves\' that represent unrestricted funds that are freely available to spend on any of the charity’s purposes, which were £177,368 in our last audit.

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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
30/06/23		£1,193	£1,258	£-65	£72	£136	£127	1.2	11	36,000
30/06/22		£1,414	£1,536	£-123	£347	£1,041	£957	7.5	26	6,071
30/06/21		£1,322	£1,336	£-14	£175	£1,164	£946	8.5	15	6,430
30/06/20		£2,040	£1,221	£818	£140	£1,848	£1,690	16.6	13	5,587
30/06/19		£1,371	£1,197	£175	£177	£1,029	£864	8.7	22	5,709
30/06/18		£1,856	£1,196	£660	£185	£854	£487	4.9	17	0
30/06/17?		£1,201	£1,048	£153	£0	£195	£195	2.2	14	0
31/12/15	*	£189	£147	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 28%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 76%
Liabilities/Income: 36%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1

Asset Split ?

Established: 9 years

https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/

SARAH.BERTOLOTTI@FOUNDERS4SCHOOLS.ORG.UK

07768816220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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What it does

Founders4Schools (F4S) improves student\\\'s employment prospects by ensuring role models are accessible to all, without barriers, through a free, quick and easy platform which allows educators to arrange inspiring role model encounters to take place in the classroom or virtually.

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

11 employees
36,000 volunteers

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
DCMS - Digital Boost: Boosting Digital Capability of SMEs and Charities
£27,378	01/04/2021	This business case requests 250,000 to provide funding to support the additional development costs of the Digital Boost platform until June 2021. This funding will allow the Digital Boost platform ....more This business case requests 250,000 to provide funding to support the additional development costs of the Digital Boost platform until June 2021. This funding will allow the Digital Boost platform to further help small and micro businesses and charities across the UK improve their digital capability free of charge and build an online presence.
DCMS - Digital Boost: Boosting Digital Capability of SMEs and Charities
£196,330	27/07/2020	This business case requests 250,000 to provide funding to support the additional development costs of the Digital Boost platform until June 2021. This funding will allow the Digital Boost platform ....more This business case requests 250,000 to provide funding to support the additional development costs of the Digital Boost platform until June 2021. This funding will allow the Digital Boost platform to further help small and micro businesses and charities across the UK improve their digital capability free of charge and build an online presence.
Nesta - AC00729
£20,000	13/03/2018 7	Inclusive Economy Partnership 2.0 programme grant to Founders 4 Schools Grant Ref AC00729

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

DIVESH CHANDIRAMANI Appointed: 2023

CLAIRE NOORIALA Appointed: 2020

JONATHAN EDWARD PEARL Appointed: 2018

JANET COYLE Appointed: 2020

JOANNE HANNAFORD Appointed: 2016

LAUREN VON STACKELBERG Appointed: 2020

RUSS SHAW Appointed: 2020

SHERRY LEIGH COUTU (Chair) Appointed: 2015

STUART WATSON Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/06/2015, number: 1162197

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR15: 0 days late,

Main office

DIXON WILSON
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
22 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1LS

Objectives

3.1 The objects of the CIO are to advance and promote the education of: 3.1.1 young people under the age of 25, with a focus on those from under-represented, under-served and diverse communities; and 3.1.2 people of any age in digital skills, including those employed in micro, SME and large organisations, in such ways as the charity trustees from time to time think fit including by promoting, facilitating and assisting in the provision of careers and skills related education and advice with the intention of: (i) encouraging and enabling young people to leave formal education with a skill set that is appropriate for or consistent with future jobs; and (ii) encouraging and enabling people of any age to advance their skills, reduce the skills gap, and to support young people to develop their employability skills.3.2 The CIO will advance and promote its objects with particular reference to entrepreneurship in the fields of technology, applied sciences and related subjects; or other areas and fields as considered appropriate by the trustees from time to time.3.3 Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for a purpose which is not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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