Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 11

Liabilities <10%: +3
Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 20

THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM (INCORPORATING THE HOWARD CENTRE FOR PENOLOGY)

The Howard League for Penal Reform works for a safer society where fewer people are victims of crime.The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that offenders must make amends for what they have done and change their lives.The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that community sentences make a person take responsibility and live a law abiding life in the community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 57 years

www.howardleague.org

trustees@howardleague.org

02072497373

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/05/23		£1,371	£1,781	£-410	£99	£2,673	£2,583	17.4	24	20
31/05/22		£855	£1,642	£-787	£69	£2,704	£2,258	16.5	22	30
31/05/21		£917	£1,369	£-451	£55	£3,489	£2,566	22.5	20	20
31/05/20	*	£1,452	£1,427	£25	£52	£3,574	£1,980	16.7	20	4
31/05/19		£2,435	£1,266	£1,169	£48	£3,590	£1,948	18.5	18	10
31/05/18		£957	£1,326	£-369	£76	£2,449	£2,100	19	18	0
31/05/17		£1,070	£1,381	£-310	£97	£2,874	£2,476	21.5	20	0
31/05/16		£1,103	£1,656	£-553	£238	£3,023	£2,658	19.3	24	0
31/05/15		£916	£1,859	£-943	£448	£3,714	£3,325	21.5	23	0
31/05/14		£1,459	£2,265	£-806	£313	£4,533	£4,109	21.8	31	0
31/05/13		£1,472	£2,251	£-779	£311	£5,263	£4,754	25.3	32	0
31/05/12		£1,192	£2,209	£-1,017	£284	£5,647	£5,067	27.5	34	0
31/05/11		£1,630	£1,967	£-338	£182	£6,897	£6,359	38.8	32	0
31/05/10		£3,310	£1,682	£1,628	£132	£6,999	£6,235	44.5	27	0
31/05/09		£4,861	£1,380	£3,481	£106	£5,406	£4,499	39.1	24	0
31/05/08		£966	£1,062	£-96	£94	£1,965	£1,090	12.3	25	0
31/05/07		£1,119	£931	£188	£73	£2,106	£1,231	15.9	16	0
31/05/06		£1,007	£874	£133	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05		£1,236	£737	£499	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04		£742	£648	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 17.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

24 employees
20 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£366,556
Esmee Fairbairn	£290,600
The Legal Education Foundation	£62,584
The Bromley Trust	£25,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£25,000	03/07/2023	HL is a national charity working for less crime, safer communities, and fewer people in prison. They undertake research, campaigning and legal work to achieve their goals.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£24,000	27/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Barrow Cadbury Trust - The reality of young adult remands: learning exchange
£20,000	10/01/2022	To identify the reality of the lived experiences of young adults on remand, key areas for improvement in policy and practice and develop a model to deliver legal education in prison.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£240,000	02/11/2021 36	Towards unrestricted core costs to continue work on children and policing and address the racial disparities within the criminal justice system, for children.
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2021
£62,584	24/03/2021	A grant to Howard League for Penal Reform to part fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£26,600	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Integrated legal advice, education, participation and change for youn
£366,556	24/10/2019 36	Integrated legal advice, education, participation and change for youn
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£150,000	04/03/2019 36	The Howard League is conducting a three year programme to reduce the arrests of women and stem the flow of women into the criminal justice system. The programme aims to replicate previous work to ....more The Howard League is conducting a three year programme to reduce the arrests of women and stem the flow of women into the criminal justice system. The programme aims to replicate previous work to reduce the number of child arrests and bring about a reduction in the arrests of women. It will promote good practice by the police and other agencies to prevent women ending up in the penal system on a community penalty or in prison when it is unnecessary.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Howard League For Penal Reform
£78,274	28/02/2019 36	This project will extend the existing advice line to young people in custody and provide workshops in managing conflict. This will improve essential skills, physical and emotional safety and ability ....more This project will extend the existing advice line to young people in custody and provide workshops in managing conflict. This will improve essential skills, physical and emotional safety and ability to make more informed choices.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£106,100	25/07/2018 24	Towards project costs to end the criminalisation of children in residential care and embed lasting system change.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Sentencing Principles for Young Adults
£31,000	21/10/2017 7	To develop a set of sentencing principles for young adults aged 18-25 and seek its implementation
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£20,000	18/10/2017 13	Core funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£113,200	31/08/2016 24	Towards a programme of work to prevent the criminalisation of children living in children’s homes.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Taking account of maturity in sentencing young adults
£29,500	05/01/2016 7	To analyse sentencing remarks by judges for reference to 'concept of maturity' when sentencing young adults
National Lottery Community Fund - U R Boss
£450,000	03/11/2014 36	Not Available
Barrow Cadbury Trust - U R Boss and maturity: T2A proposal
£29,500	02/05/2014	U R Boss and maturity: T2A proposal
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Howard League for Penal Reform
£100,000	09/05/2012	Towards an independent Commission of Inquiry on sex and sexual abuse in prison.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-74

ALEXANDRA MARKS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: STANDING TALL CIO,

CHARLES BLAND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

DR ZUBAIDA HAQUE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Interim Director

JOHN TRESS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant And Strategy Professional

PROFESSOR BEN BRADFORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Academic

PROFESSOR FERGUS MCNEILL (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Academic

TOMAS WILLIAM THUROGOOD-HYDE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Ceo

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/05/1967, number: 251926
Registered at Companies House on 20/02/1967, number: 00898514

Gift Aid

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
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; AR20: 8 days late,

Main office

Howard League For Penal Reform
1 Ardleigh Road
LONDON
N1 4HS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SCIENCES OF PENOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) PROMOTING BETTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY; (B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT RESPONSES TO CRIME, INCLUDING OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; AND (C) PROMOTING RESEARCH IN THE SCIENCES OF PENOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; ANDTHE RELIEF OF THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) PROVIDING FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (THROUGH POLICING, PROSECUTION, SENTENCING AND/OR SANCTIONING), AND ADVOCATING FOR THEIR JUST AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT; AND (B) PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY OF THOSE SUBJECT TO COURT-IMPOSED SANCTIONS (INCLUDING PROBATION, PRISONS AND POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION), BY TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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