Overall Score: 7 based on 9 data points

Finance: 2

Governance: -3

Support: 8

(no PartB)
Strong growth: +2,

No conflicts policy: -1, Dynamic board: +3, No Gift Aid: -5,

Large volunteers +5, Supporters: +3

PARALLEL HISTORIES

Parallel Histories is a UK educational charity, founded in 2017, to improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people through innovation in humanities teaching. We empower teachers to teach controversial history by providing training, educational resources, and online debating for young people. Through these three main activities, we work with over 275 secondary schools across the UK.

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity raises funds from the public but is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 6 years

https://www.parallelhistories.org.uk

michael@parallelhistories.org.uk

+447810253513

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/22	£131,802	£93,591	£38,211	300
31/03/21	£70,147	£52,212	£17,935	30
31/03/20	£55,450	£29,566	£25,884	11
31/03/19	£9,950	£9,771	£179	5
31/03/18	£9,505	£7,950	£1,555	4

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No information about staff salaries has been filed, which means that no-one was paid more than £60,000 in the latest financial year

What it does

Education/Training

Who works here?

300 volunteers

Who it helps

Children/Young People

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England,

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

The Funding Network	£14,830
John Lyon's Charity	£5,000
The EQ Foundation	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Lyon's Charity
£5,000	29/09/2022	Developing confidence, speaking and critical evaluation skills
The EQ Foundation
£1,000	15/12/2020	Via the Funding Network
The Funding Network
£14,830	01/12/2020	Connecting school communities in inner London, the South and North West of England through an online history debating programme for disadvantaged students.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

CLARE O'SULLIVAN
Appointed: 2020

DR ABDALKARIM ZAWAWI
Appointed: 2017

PATRICK TAYLOR
Appointed: 2017

SHELLIE WEBSTER
Appointed: 2022

TIM RAMSEY (Chair)
Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2017, number: 1174481
NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Main office

8/3 Annandale Street
EDINBURGH
EH7 4AN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY TOPICS* BY RESEARCHING AND CREATING FREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, INCLUDINGINTERACTIVE VIDEOS AND DISTRIBUTING TO TEACHERS.* FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY TOPICS ARE TOPICS WHICH ARE DISPUTED BY HISTORIANS, HAVE PARTISAN INTERPRETATIONS AND MAY CAUSE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FROM LEARNERS.

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