Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Large volunteer base +3
    • Overall weighted support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

    PASSION FOR LEARNING CIO

    Passion for Learning is a unique charity recruiting adults from all walks of life who could bring their experiences, enthusiasm and skills to children struggling to read and learn. PfL provides assistance and support to mainly primary school age children to develop their reading and writing skills, and raising their aspirations through continual enrichment.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
    • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

    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
    31/12/23£527£496£30£0£313£2395.819165
    31/12/22£557£498£59£0£283£1042.519180
    31/12/21£675£568£107£0£224£1172.517189
    31/12/20£631£530£101£0£117£691.616160
    31/12/19£282£266£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 3%
    Liabilities/Income: 2%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
    Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 24.7
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 6 years

    https://passion-for-learning.com/

    MARTIN.BELL@PASSION-FOR-LEARNING.COM

    01513568717

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Academic support
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Cheshire West & Chester, Flintshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People

    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
    Steve Morgan Foundation£302,700
    Cheshire Community Foundation£110,060
    Tudor Trust£56,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
    BBC Children in Need£30,500
    Masonic Trust£28,534
    The Foyle Foundation£20,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
    £28,534 18/01/2024
    Early Years Community Booster Project - support in nurseries and primary schools
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 08/11/2023
    Enrichment and Support for Children and Families
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Passion for Learning CIO
    £15,000 13/07/2023
    Purchase of a vehicle for a charity which works with children and families in the most deprived communities in England
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Passion for Learning
    £5,000 19/05/2023
    Grant to Passion for Learning
    Westminster Foundation - Cost of living grant - Passion for Learning CIO - 26/01/2023
    £6,000 26/01/2023
    12
    Partnership grant One off CoL payment
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Passion for Learning C.I.O
    £500 20/10/2022
    0
    ‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
    Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Passion for Learning CIO
    £2,700 21/09/2022
    to buy resources (books, games, toys) for displaced children
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Knutsford Enrichment Clubs
    £10,000 18/08/2022
    Knutsford Enrichment Clubs
    Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Passion for Learning CIO
    £300,000 28/07/2022
    3 years funding for staff costs
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 17/06/2022
    Passion for Learning
    National Lottery Community Fund - Share a Smile Platinum Jubilee Celebration
    £4,210 08/04/2022
    The funding will be used for school children to deliver afternoon teas to 11 residential homes across Cheshire West and Chester and take part in intergenerational activities to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring ....more
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Passion for Learning
    £5,580 23/03/2022
    Grant to Passion for Learning
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Knutsford Enrichment Club Programme
    £10,000 03/11/2021
    Passion for Learning's work is about supporting and inspiring vulnerable children aged 5-11 to learn, achieve and become literate in order to fulfil their true potential as adults. The project will make life-changing differences to 50 vulnerable ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
    £20,000 16/09/2021
    towards replacing books and resources (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Neston Enrichment Club
    £5,000 26/08/2021
    Passion for Learning CIO works with children from a wide range of challenging and limiting backgrounds providing them with the enriching activities and experiences that enable them to fulfil their potential as learners and ultimately employees. This ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Passion for Learning
    £56,000 06/07/2021
    24
    over two years towards the running costs of a project working with parents and carers across Cheshire on aspects of play and learning
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Home Enrichment Bags
    £15,000 25/06/2021
    Passion for Learning provides volunteer support and enrichment to children from challenging family circumstances that create barriers to learning. The project will deliver learning resources and enrichment activities directly into the family home. ....more
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Passion for Learning
    £4,500 25/02/2021
    Donor directed award
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Passion for Learning C.I.O
    £30,000 20/12/2020
    This three year project will deliver after school enrichment clubs for children and young people impacted by poverty and deprivation. It will lead to increased resilience, raised aspirations and increased confidence and self-esteem.
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Passion for Learning Knutsford Enrichment Programme
    £9,123 29/07/2020
    Passion for Learning's work is about supporting and inspiring vulnerable children aged 5-11 to learn, achieve and become literate in order to fulfil their true potential as adults. The project for which we are applying for funding will make ....more
    Cheshire Community Foundation - EMERGENCY ENRICHMENT COVID 19
    £25,857 22/06/2020
    To maintain this service for 13 weeks, which is the period during which we believe families will be in greatest need of our support until schools reopen, we estimate the total cost to be £76,714. This is based on servicing 165 deliveries per week, ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,900 18/06/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £5,000 20/05/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
    Cheshire Community Foundation - EMERGENCY ENRICHMENT COVID 19
    £20,000 18/04/2020
    Passion for Learning's work is about supporting and inspiring vulnerable children aged 5-11 to learn, achieve and become literate in order to fulfil their true potential as adults. The project for which we are applying for funding will provide ....more
    Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
    £5,000 01/04/2020
    3
    Children's reading craft and play resources Covid 19 emergency response
    Cheshire Community Foundation - Aspiration and Enrichment Youth Volunteering
    £9,525 23/11/2018
    We aim to give older children from the Enrichment Clubs the experience of volunteering themselves, through providing a sense of responsibility and ownership for their Club. They will have the opportunity to develop some of the skills they will need ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    • CAROLYN MCCONNELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Quality, Community Integrated Care
    • CHARLES GASKIN Appointed: 2021
    • DIANE CLARK Appointed: 2018
    • JENNY RICH Appointed: 2019
    • PAUL REGINALD JOHNSON Appointed: 2018
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2018, number: 1181279
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • 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
    5 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from OVER HALL COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES LIMITED on 25/10/2024
    Main office

    Unit 8
    Venture Point
    Stanney Mill Road
    Little Stanney
    CHESTER
    CH2 4NE

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED UP TO AND INCLUDING 16 YEARS BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN TO DEVELOP THEIR READING AND WRITING SKILLS; AND(2) ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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