Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 16
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +5
    • Overall weighted support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

    SHADOW TO SHINE CIO

    Providing employability programmes, entrepreneurship programmes, mentoring, advice and work opportunities to young people age 16-25.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

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

    Financial Data ?

    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/08/23*£121£85£36n/a
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 2 years

    www.shadowtoshine.com

    info@shadowtoshine.com

    02075802030

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • 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
    City Bridge Trust£142,869
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,700
    The Foyle Foundation£7,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £7,500 28/11/2023
    towards core costs over the next 12 months of supporting disadvantaged young people from London gain or move towards employment
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Shadow to Shine CIO
    £142,869 20/10/2023
    60
    £142,869 over 5 years (£26,910, £27,717, £28,549 £29,405 and £30,288) to deliver a programme of support to disadvantaged young women to overcome barriers to meaningful employment by this new and growing charity led by black women.
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Shadow to Shine CIO
    £10,000 15/09/2023
    Purchase of electronic devices for a charity which works with disadvantaged NEET young people in Greater London.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Ready for Work!
    £9,700 04/08/2023
    The funding will be used to deliver support with employment for young people aged 16 to 24 from the Black African and Black Caribbean community who experience barriers to gaining a job. The project aims to provide structured support and mentoring to ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Shadow to Shine CIO
    £75,000 09/03/2023
    36
    Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Shadow to Shine CIO

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ANDREA DAWUAH ARCHER Appointed: 2024
    • FATEMEH BAHARAK FATEMI Appointed: 2022
    • MANOJ VARSANI (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ebusiness Director
    • SABRINA STEWART Appointed: 2022
    • SIMON COOPER Appointed: 2022
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/08/2022, number: 1200087
    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
    • Internal risk management 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
    1 returns made; AR23: 24 days late,
    Main office

    5 DORSET STREET
    LONDON
    W1U 6QJ

    Objectives

    THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE LIVING IN LONDON AND OTHER INNER CITIES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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