Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

ROOTS OF EMPATHY UK

Roots of Empathy UK delivers an evidence-based classroom programme to children in primary school that has shown significant effect in reducing levels of aggression and bullying among children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. Through participation in the program, students get a deeper understanding of themselves and others building inclusion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/08/23£155£217£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22*£203£149£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£282£210£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20*£282£210£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£175£163£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£201£177£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£123£141£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.rootsofempathy.org

kphu@rootsofempathy.org

0771-408-3042

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Roots of Empathy
£6,500 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Roots of Empathy
£195,000 12/05/2020
36
Towards the growth of an organisation that uses a preventative approach in disadvantaged areas to support the development of children’s social and emotional literacy.
Dulverton Trust - Nurturing Empathy in the Midlands
£36,786 23/10/2019
Nurturing Empathy in the Midlands
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Roots of Empathy
£60,000 01/03/2018
10
Towards the growth of an organisation that uses a preventative approach in disadvantaged areas to support the development of children’s social and emotional literacy.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ASHLEY WALTER JOHN PRIME Appointed: 2016
  • DOROTHEA GLENYS THORNTON Appointed: 2018
  • DR ELIZABETH GREGORY Appointed: 2018
  • GRAHAM ALLEN Appointed: 2016
  • MARY PATRICIA GORDON C.M, O.N.L (Chair) Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/12/2016, number: 1170754
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR22: 14 days late, AR20: 35 days late,
Main office

Roots of Empathy UK
Based at: Oxford House
Derbyshire Street
London
E2 6HG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY TEACHING AND ENCOURAGING EMPATHY, MUTUAL RESPECT AND EMOTIONAL LITERACY AMONGST CHILDREN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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