Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 14
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dormant: -10
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CIVIC POWER FUND 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • This charity appears to be dormant

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
31/12/20*£1,403£1,243£160£43£1,057£8167.9200
31/12/19£1,503£1,056£446£47£896£6127160
31/12/18£831£864£-32£0£450£2423.4120
31/12/17£762£729£34£0£482£1522.51250
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: INF%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Established: less than 1 year

civicpower.org.uk

contact@civicpower.org.uk

07958668741

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for the elderly
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 20 employees

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£1,920,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£200,000
Trust for London£165,000
The Blagrave Trust£70,200
Tudor Trust£52,000
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£33,100
City Bridge Trust£25,684
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards its support of groups led by refugees and asylum seekers
£33,100 14/11/2023
Towards its support of groups led by refugees and asylum seekers
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Civic Power Fund
£1,500,000 09/11/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to build power in place through grassroots community organising
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Civic Power Fund
£200,000 04/10/2023
Towards core costs to support the development of the Alliance for Youth Organising, to act as an intergenerational collective working together to strengthen youth organising infrastructure
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£6,625 26/11/2021
community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£6,625 26/11/2021
community grant
Tudor Trust - Grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£2,000 22/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone Grants 2019-20 Supporting a Thriving Civil Society
£200,000 28/07/2020
Campaign Bootcamp are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£200,000 22/07/2020
36
Towards Unrestricted core costs of an organisation that builds the skills and capacity of campaigners.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£50,000 21/07/2020
12
over one year towards a bespoke pilot programme to support older people to develop their campaigning skills, confidence and community in response to the findings of the Age Activism report
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Campaign Academy Ltd T/A Campaign Bootcamp
£25,684 19/06/2020
£25,684 towards costs outlined in your application excluding the contibution towards existing overhead costs.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£20,000 12/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Trust for London - Campaign Academy
£165,000 26/02/2020
36
The funding is to support marginalised people who have experienced inequality to create systemic change through campaigning and activism at a local grassroots level including campaigns with a ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£10,000 09/01/2020
A grant of £10,000Of this, £8,940 is restricted towards the costs of two scholarships for campaigners in criminal justice, and the remaining sum of £1,060 is unrestricted. Campaign Bootcamp ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Campaign Bootcamp scholarships funding
£70,200 31/07/2019
Advocacy training
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Campaign Academy
£120,000 16/03/2019
36
Supporting BME campaigners outside London
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Making migration a core theme of Campaign Bootcamp training programmes
£180,000 11/12/2017
24
Campaign Bootcamp work to develop and deliver training programmes that give people the skills, network and resilience to tackle important social issues. Campaign Bootcamp plan to focus their future ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£150,000 10/05/2017
36
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation that builds the skills and capacity of campaigners.
Trust for London - Campaign Academy
£60,000 02/03/2017
36
The funding is to support 15 campaigners working to tackle poverty or inequality in London. We will also strengthen our outreach work with local groups to build campaigning skills through a series of ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Training people to run more effective campaigns.
£17,000 27/07/2016
12
Campaign Bootcamp exists to increase excellence and diversity in campaigning. This grant will fund five scholarship places for campaign training comprising a six day residential and a year of ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Emergency Post-Brexit Scholarship to challenge racism
£7,000 19/07/2016
16
To support two activists from Birmingham/Black Country to attend Campaign Bootcamp.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Campaign Bootcamp
£60,000 20/04/2015
24
Towards core costs to build a training scheme to give campaigners the skills, network and confidence to build a fairer, greener and more just world, and to increase diversity in the campaigning ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-51
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2023, number: 1203784
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/09/2021, number: 13635441
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR20: 3 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CAMPAIGN ACADEMY LTD on 28/11/2023
Main office

72A BUSHEY HILL ROAD
LONDON
SE5 8QJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING PROJECT GRANT FUNDING AND SUPPORT SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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