Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 16
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +16
Overall GiG Score: 29 ?

CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP

Child Poverty Action Group is a charity, working for children in the UK. We believe no child should grow up in hardship or lose out through poverty. Our aim is to prevent and end child poverty by advocating evidence-based solutions to policy-makers and providing accurate information and advice so families can access the financial support they need.
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Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£5,758£5,382£376£323£4,932£4,932116823
31/03/22£5,835£4,847£988£260£4,556£4,55411.36911
31/03/21£5,894£4,552£1,342£253£3,568£3,5549.4630
31/03/20£3,893£4,210£-317£219£2,226£2,2046.3560
31/03/19*£4,122£3,578£544£266£2,544£2,4368.2461
31/03/18£3,463£3,675£-211£278£2,001£1,9736.4470
31/03/17£3,072£3,178£-106£249£2,212£2,1928.3470
31/03/16£3,047£3,275£-227£257£2,317£2,2868.4450
31/03/15£3,092£3,085£8£79£2,682£2,5099.8400
31/03/14£4,786£2,926£1,859£56£2,674£2,0528.4370
31/03/13£2,574£2,496£78£224£814£6843.3340
31/03/12£2,393£2,898£-505£230£736£6752.8380
31/03/11£2,820£3,066£-246£186£1,242£1,1134.4380
31/03/10£2,997£3,108£-111£214£1,489£1,3035420
31/03/09£2,867£2,963£-96£54£1,598£1,5026.1390
31/03/08£2,775£2,732£43£62£1,697£1,5346.7380
31/03/07£2,650£2,588£62£106£1,590£1,4486.7360
31/03/06*£2,636£2,583£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£2,596£2,444£152n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£2,197£2,215£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 38 years

www.cpag.org.uk

office@cpag.org.uk

02078377979

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
The Legal Education Foundation£879,543
Esmee Fairbairn£471,907
National Lottery Community Fund£456,845
Pears Foundation£250,000
City Bridge Trust£230,100
Trust for London£205,625
Indigo Trust£107,750
Access to Justice Foundation£75,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - A grant to Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
£284,543 30/11/2023
A grant to Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme
Indigo Trust - 3 year unrestricted funding
£82,750 19/10/2023
3 year unrestricted funding for CPAG's work
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Leaders
£407,564 27/09/2023
IntroductionThis funding will be used to support children and young people in low-income households by giving them a voice on what matters to them. The project aims to give children and young people ....more
The Childhood Trust - Tackling Child Poverty in Education
£3,415 20/06/2023
In every school, more families are struggling on low incomes meaning that many children are locked out of opportunities to participate, learn and thrive. Child Poverty Action Group removes cost ....more
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2023
£120,000 25/05/2023
A grant to Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£32,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Pears Foundation - Core Funding
£110,000 30/10/2022
24
Core Funding
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£25,000 26/10/2022
24
To produce, digitally publish and update in real-time, an open-access Fuel Rights Handbook over two years,
Trust for London - Child Poverty Action Group
£5,625 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8826
Indigo Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 12/09/2022
Unrestricted funding that CPAG plan to use towards digitising and updating their expert Fuel Rights Handbook
The Legal Education Foundation - Access to justice in the social security system
£475,000 07/07/2021
Carrying out research, analysis and advocacy to ensure the Universal Credit system operates lawfully including in its use of automated decision-making.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£2,600 27/05/2021
£2,600 (6.5 days) to provide an Eco audit
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£400,000 28/04/2021
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation working to end child poverty and reform social security
Pears Foundation - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£40,000 26/03/2021
Cost of the School Day
Trust for London - Child Poverty Action Group
£150,000 03/03/2021
This funding is for ‘London Calling’, an evidence-based policy and advocacy project which will extend our Early Warning System to ensure a specific London focus. We will also build on our ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£227,500 08/12/2020
36
£227,500 over 3 years (£74,300, £75,800, £77,400) for a f/t Universal Credit London Welfare Rights Worker, plus associated project costs including training bursaries and AskCPAG digital resources ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 response for low income families
£49,281 05/08/2020
6
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) will use the funding to develop existing channels of support so that they can reach the increased level of demand from the public.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£100,000 03/08/2020
24
Core Funding
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£75,000 15/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£29,685 23/06/2020
Strategic legal work to help families with children pushed into or further into poverty. Funding will enable test cases and non-litigation work.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,628 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£39,907 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Trust for London - Child Poverty Action Group
£50,000 24/04/2020
3
The funding is to provide free access for London’s VCS (focusing on BAME, disabled and vulnerable people) to AskCPAG, an online platform that helps welfare rights advisers navigate the complexities ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Secure Futures for Families & Children: Citizen's Jury
£12,000 25/02/2020
3
To undertake a Citizens Jury to support a blueprint for an improved social security system.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£150,000 25/07/2019
36
Towards the core costs of their policy and advocacy work which aims to bring about positive change for families on low income and amplify their voices
National Lottery Community Fund - Cost of the School Day
£1,964,208 19/06/2019
36
Cost of the School Day
John Ellerman Foundation - core costs of the End Child Poverty coalition
£99,561 28/03/2019
36
Towards the costs of the national ‘End Child Poverty’ coalition,which aims to hold the UK Government to account for its promise to end child poverty by 2020
Comic Relief - Universal Credit project
£218,622 06/03/2019
36
Child poverty is rising, and housing is one of if not the most significant costs for families. The impact of poverty is insecure, overcrowded homes that deprive children and families of the space ....more
Trust for London - Child Poverty Action Group
£179,000 28/02/2019
24
The funding is for a London Campaign Manager for two years to inform London's policymakers about child poverty, influence them to adopt policy solutions to address it, support and practically equip ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Early Warning System 2018-21
£80,000 20/10/2018
29
To collect data on the impact of welfare reform and use this to influence policy change at an early stage.
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Our Cost of the School Day Programme
£49,781 22/08/2018
7
Developing Our Cost of the School Day Programme
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£130,000 06/07/2018
24
£130,000 over two years (2 x £65,000) for a Universal Credit London Welfare Rights Worker, plus associated project costs including training bursaries and Universal Credit handbooks for 50 London ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£237,505 08/02/2018
36
Towards the salary costs of a senior communications officer and associated costs to support the Policy Rights and Advocacy programme to reduce child poverty.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£40,000 07/02/2017
13
Policy work related to the Foodbank Advisory Project in Tower Hamlets
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Tackling poverty by expanding Early Warning System
£70,000 22/10/2016
24
To collect data on the impact of welfare reform and use this to influence policy change at an early stage.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£90,000 23/03/2016
24
Towards cost of CPAG's Advice Line which is a free service offering telephone, email and online information and advice.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£60,000 21/04/2015
18
Policy work related to the Food Bank Advisory
National Lottery Community Fund - Social Security in food banks.
£399,716 23/09/2014
36
Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£177,565 24/06/2014
Towards core costs and to enhance communications in order to help inform public attitudes around welfare benefits.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2013
£3,250 18/12/2013
To produce a web-based resource for KS2-4 children on UK child poverty. We will collaborate with an educational organisation to produce a complete unit of work, promoting to a network of 500 schools. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Income Calculator
£10,000 22/11/2012
15
This is a project by a charity in Islington serving beneficiaries England-wide. The group will use the funding to develop an income calculator mobile phone app and online resource for low income ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Tackling Child Poverty in Every Community
£47,000 21/07/2012
Tackling Child Poverty in Every Community
National Lottery Community Fund - Maximising Family Incomes: Online Learning Development
£10,000 01/12/2011
12
This group will develop an e-learning training programme that will be used to educate low income families across Scotland about how to maximise their income. Creating and implementing this online ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Website replacement
£10,000 24/02/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Islington. The group will use funding to redesign their website to improve the way the group meets the needs of its beneficiaries and presents information.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Child Poverty Action Group
£156,487 29/01/2009
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the head of programmes to expand CPAG's policy work and increase their impact.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-71
  • ALISON MAIRI ELISABETH INGLIS-JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • ANN MCVIE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • CLARISSA CORBISIERO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • ESTHER KUKU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Communications
  • IAN SIMON THOMPSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • KITTY STEWART Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Academic - University Teacher And Researcher
  • MARK COOKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • PROFESSOR JANE MILLAR (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor
  • SATWAT REHMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo
  • STEPHEN JOHN WATMOUGH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1986, number: 294841
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/02/1986, number: 01993854
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR19: 11 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP
30 MICAWBER STREET
LONDON
N1 7TB

Objectives

TO PREVENT POVERTY AMONG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND TO PROMOTE ACTION FOR THE RELIEF DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OF SUCH POVERTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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