Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ASSOCIATION FOR CITIZENSHIP TEACHING 

We work to transform the lives of children and young people through high quality Citizenship and democracy education. We achieve our aims by supporting the education community with:teacher professional development, training, conferences and networking;resources, our journal and by sharing research;advocacy and policy influencing aimed at strengthening Citizenship education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be 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 issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • 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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£1,002£640£361£2£918£84515.8828
31/08/22?£1,157£697£460£2£557£5158.9925
31/03/21£114£98£16n/an/an/an/an/a25
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 56%
Liabilities/Income: 119%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 15.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 17 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 4 years

www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk

info@teachingcitizenship.org.uk

07595 293899

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 28 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
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Association for Citizenship Teaching
£70,000 08/07/2022
Critical media literacy teacher education

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2020, number: 1187335
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suite 281
Hill House
210 Upper Richmond Road
LONDON
SW15 6NP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(I) SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE TEACHING OF CITIZENSHIP; AND (II) PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO, AND THE STUDY OF, THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN SOCIETY AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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