Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PATCHWORK FOUNDATION

Patchwork works to equip young people (18 - 30 years old) with the necessary skills and experience to encourage active participation in democracy and wider civil society. Our activities seek to fulfil our mission to make our democracy more accessible while supporting the professional development of young people and supporting them to take active roles in civil society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22£248£232£16
31/12/21?£184£175£8
01/01/20?£131£128£3
01/03/19£253£30£223
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 34%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 7 years

www.patchworkfoundation.org.uk

info@patchworkfoundation.org.uk

02085167712

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
The Blagrave Trust£42,000
City Bridge Trust£15,032
National Lottery Community Fund£9,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and Advocacy Grants
£42,000 17/07/2023
Young people into policy making roles
National Lottery Community Fund - Patchwork Masterclass Programme 2022
£9,750 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to deliver the Masterclass Programme which will provide learning opportunities and classes from top political and public figures to young adults from disadvantaged ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Patchwork Foundation
£15,032 05/06/2020
£15,032 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding the project co-ordinator costs and with a maximum of £10,500 towards redeployed staffing costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Patchwork Masterclass Programme
£8,750 18/01/2019
12
The project will facilitate a leadership training programme. The aim is to empower under represented young people to participate in British democracy.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • FARMIDA BI CBE (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • HARRIS BOKHARI OBE Appointed: 2018
  • MAKEDAH SIMPSON Appointed: 2022
  • MUSTAPHA OGUN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • POPPY MITCHELL-ROSE Appointed: 2019
  • SARAH HEALEY CB CVO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • SHEIKH ALIUR RAHMAN Appointed: 2019
  • SIR SIMON JAMES FRASER GCMG Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2018, number: 1177576
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hanbury Hall
22A Hanbury Street
LONDON
E1 6QR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED, DEPRIVED AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THEIR OWN OPINIONS ON AND TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND WIDER CIVIL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THROUGH:(A) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF UNITED KINGDOM DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY; AND(B) PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, PROGRAMMES, ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SUPPORT TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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