Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Large legacies income: +1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN 

1) TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WRONGS OF CHILDREN AND THE CORRUPTION OF THEIR MORALS; 2) TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR THEIR PROTECTION; 3) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN ORGANISATION FOR THE ABOVE OBJECTS; 4) TO DO ALL OTHER SUCH LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • There is a pension deficit of £24,915,000
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 61 years

www.nspcc.org.uk

supporter@nspcc.org.uk

02078252500

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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
31/03/23£120,582£103,533£17,049£25,348£105,439£102,19211.81,3724,443
31/03/22£123,609£103,861£19,749£22,455£119,402£115,60413.41,4764,291
31/03/21£121,821£112,503£9,318£24,325£80,034£70,1227.51,6476,427
31/03/20£117,602£111,314£6,288£21,773£80,254£70,5627.61,6476,983
31/03/19£117,904£114,560£3,344£22,471£75,625£65,9896.91,6926,596
31/03/18£118,329£116,648£1,681£22,545£73,900£64,8296.71,6720
31/03/17£127,408£121,124£6,284£23,670£70,082£60,06361,7320
31/03/16£128,912£126,444£2,468£25,747£84,712£75,1547.11,8200
31/03/15£134,467£127,326£7,141£29,046£82,863£73,3786.91,8300
31/03/14£125,877£124,528£1,349£27,244£77,902£69,2926.71,8100
31/03/13£129,432£121,890£7,542£25,644£75,532£66,6536.61,8520
31/03/12£135,703£138,803£-3,100£29,850£67,343£58,05351,9110
31/03/11£148,616£150,586£-1,970£32,322£71,486£57,7174.61,8550
31/03/10£152,210£157,404£-5,194£31,139£72,259£54,1594.11,8710
31/03/09£154,670£158,953£-4,283£32,095£63,767£37,8902.92,0890
31/03/08£144,896£146,314£-1,417£33,271£87,191£70,1725.82,0210
31/03/07£148,834£142,400£6,435£29,476£94,269£83,37871,9410
31/03/06£111,900£109,789£2,111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£110,383£100,937£9,445£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£101,617£96,981£4,636£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 11.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 1,372 employees
  • 4,443 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Guernsey, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Department for Education£4,409,546
Sport England£1,497,192
DCMS£998,596
National Lottery Community Fund£389,284
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - NSPCC
£45,000 03/01/2024
NSPCC
Foundation Scotland - Grant to NSPCC
£1,400 16/11/2022
Donation from Mark Urquhart Fund
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to NSPCC
£250 15/09/2022
As requested by the donor towards supporting victims of child abuse.
The Shears Foundation - NSPCC
£5,000 29/04/2022
Look Say Sing Play
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to NSPCC
£5,000 12/04/2022
Discretionary grant awarded
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to NSPCC
£500 25/11/2021
Running costs of the NSPCC in the North East of England
Foundation Scotland - Grant to NSPCC
£250 22/04/2021
Donation from Alan Findlay
Sport England - Safeguarding 2019-2021 (Sector Partner Rollover)
£500,000 08/04/2021
35
Funding under Sport England's Sector Partner Rollover funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding 2019-2021 (Sector Partner Rollover). This project is a Multi Sports project, with a ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Safeguarding 2019-2021
£500,000 08/04/2021
Funding under Sport England's Safeguarding funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding 2019-2021. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£127,080 29/03/2021
To provide 2 years of funding to cover the salary and IT costs of a new ‘Virtual Childline Base’
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the NSPCC's work in the North East
£500 28/01/2021
the NSPCC's work in the North East
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£14,015 18/08/2020
12
Funding to support the re-opening of three service centres and to sustain COVID-19 response activities.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, NSPCC
£6,590 17/07/2020
Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
Department for Education - Support for the NSPCC (Childline)
£310,000 25/06/2020
Organisations who provide advice and support to people who are pushed into crisis
Sport England - Safeguarding 2019-2021
£498,596 26/05/2020
23
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding 2019-2021. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Safeguarding 2019-2021
£498,596 26/05/2020
Funding under Sport England's Safeguarding funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding 2019-2021. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Foundation Scotland - Grant to NSPCC
£120 14/05/2020
Donation from Alan Findlay
Foundation Scotland - Grant to NSPCC
£1,000 29/04/2020
Covid appeal - From Gavin Gemmell
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland - Grant to NSPCC
£10,000 09/04/2020
towards support for Childline NI
Department for Education - Childline and NSPCC Helpline grant
£4,099,546 01/04/2020
To support the operation of ChildLine and the NSPCC Helpline. The key outcome for ChildLine is to increase the support for children through improved access to conunselling services to keep them safe ....more
Home Office - NSPCC
£111,648 01/04/2020
The purpose of the funding is: 1) To promote and disseminate best practice in the provision of support to help children and young people cope with and, as far as possible, recover from sexual abuse. ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£380,000 27/03/2020
The Harmful Sexual Behaviour Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Together For Childhood
£389,284 20/03/2020
36
The funding will the delivery of community engagement projects to prevent the foundations of sexual abuse arising in the community. The project aims to keep children in Ernesettle, Plymouth safe from ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - NSPCC Schools Service
£5,000 29/01/2020
Grant to National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff costs for Speak Out Stay Safe
£5,000 31/10/2019
Staff costs for Speak Out Stay Safe West Cumbria
Cheshire Community Foundation - NSPCC Cheshire Schools Service
£10,000 07/08/2019
The NSPCC fights to keep children safe through local services which prevent abuse from occurring in the first place but which also help them move forward to a more positive future when sadly it has ....more
Sport England - Safeguarding 2019-2021
£498,596 03/05/2019
23
Funding under Sport England's Safeguarding funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding 2019-2021. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Samworth Foundation - Young Voices
£277,310 07/02/2019
36
3 year youth participation programme giving young people a voice in sexual exploitation
Sport England - Safeguarding Children and Young People
£492,605 30/06/2018
17
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding Children and Young People. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a ....more
Sport England - School Games programme support
£60,000 31/10/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's School Games funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'School Games programme support'. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more
Sport England - School Games programme support
£60,000 31/10/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's School Games funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games programme support. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
£270,000 20/09/2017
36
£270,000 over 3 further and final years (3 x £90,000) towards the salary costs of two Protect and Respect Case Workers, for Croydon and East London respectively.
Sport England - Safeguarding Children and Young People
£246,303 31/07/2017
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Safeguarding Children and Young People'. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a ....more
Sport England - Safeguarding Children and Young People
£246,303 31/07/2017
17
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Safeguarding Children and Young People. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to NSPCC
£120,000 14/06/2017
36
This project will support young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). Outcomes include a reduction in the risk of committing harmful sexual behaviour, improved relationships with others ....more
Sport England - Transition Funding Project
£247,500 26/04/2017
6
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Transition Funding Project'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Sport England - Transition Funding Project
£247,500 26/04/2017
5
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Transition Funding Project. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching
Cheshire Community Foundation - NSPCC Cheshire Schools Service
£17,000 10/11/2016
The NSPCC exists to listen, help and take immediate action to protect any child in danger of abuse.The NSPCC Schools Service and “Speak out. Stay safe” programme will ensure that an entire ....more
Sport England - Child Protection in Sport Unit 13-17
£546,000 14/04/2016
47
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Child Protection in Sport Unit 13-17. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CSE Hub & Spoke
£405,698 21/10/2015
36
The aim of this project is to develop a sustainable hub and spoke delivery model to tackle unmet need around child sexual exploitation awareness, prevention and support work. The applicant will work ....more
Comic Relief - CSE Hub and Spoke Project – London (NSPCC)
£203,849 15/07/2015
36
We will offer the NSPCC ‘Protect & Respect’ CSE service via 3 (or 1) additional ‘spokes’ supported by our London ‘Hub’. As a result, more young people will be supported from a wider ....more
Comic Relief - CSE Hub and Spoke Project – Luton (NSPCC)
£162,717 15/07/2015
36
We propose to offer the NSPCC ‘Protect & Respect’ CSE service from 2 additional ‘spoke’ locations to our current ‘Hub’ in Luton. As a result, more young people will be supported ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
£180,000 25/09/2014
24
£180,000 over two years (£90,000; £90,000) towards the salary costs of two of the Protect and Respect case-workers.
Sport England - Child Protection in Sport Unit 13-15
£1,538,076 15/05/2014
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Child Protection in Sport Unit 13-15'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Better Start - A Better Future for Blackpool's Children
£44,937,663 12/05/2014
120
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - A Better Start - A Better Future for Blackpool's Children
£393,754 01/08/2013
10
The project will with local partners to deliver a variety of services to families in Claremont, Bloomfield, Talbot, Park, Brunswick, Victoria and Clifton.It will provide vital services incl ....more
Sport England - CPSU Web Resource Development 2013
£155,983 06/02/2013
Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'CPSU Web Resource Development 2013'. This project lists its main activity as Sport Participation and ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1963, number: 216401
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
Main office

N S P C C
NATIONAL CENTRE
42 CURTAIN ROAD
LONDON
EC2A 3NH

Objectives

1) TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WRONGS OF CHILDREN AND THE CORRUPTION OF THEIR MORALS; 2) TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS FOR THEIR PROTECTION; 3) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN ORGANISATION FOR THE ABOVE OBJECTS; 4) TO DO ALL OTHER SUCH LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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