Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

GENERATION: YOU EMPLOYED, UK 

Mission:

Generation has the vision of a meaningful career for every person, and mission to support people into life-changing employment opportunities they otherwise could not access.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/12/22£4,782£4,781£2£45£556£5561.46830
31/12/21*£4,095£3,784£311£111£555£3711.25620
31/12/20*£2,669£2,649£21£111£244£870.41935
31/12/19*£1,591£1,368£223£102£223£1471.380
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 69%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 5 years

www.generation.org/country/united-kingdom

generationuk@generation.org

07740703460

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How you can help
What it does
We achieve this with a unique methodology of profession-specific skills bootcamp training, focused on in-demand careers (specifically in the tech, health and green sectors), with extensive, ongoing pastoral support and matchmaking to interviews with employer partners.
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 68 employees
  • 30 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£35,000 08/10/2021
Bootcamps to support disadvantaged, unemployed youth into good quality jobs in the Leeds City Region

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-56
  • MINH HUY LAI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Europe Chief Operating Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/2019, number: 1183046
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/10/2017, number: 11011652
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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; AR21: 10 days late, AR20: 3 days late, AR19: 5 days late,
Main office

Isosceles Finance Ltd
One
High Street
EGHAM
Surrey
TW20 9HJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ÔOBJECTSÖ) ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING IN PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, INDUSTRIES, CRAFTS, TRADES OR THE TECHNICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS NEEDED IN EMPLOYMENT; AND(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:(A) THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF TRAINING AND RETRAINING;(B) FACILITATING ACCESS TO WORK EXPERIENCE, APPRENTICESHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; (C) THE PROVISION OF MENTORING, GUIDANCE AND ADVICE; AND(D) THE PROVISION OF ANY OTHER REASONABLE SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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