Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

THE CITIZENSHIP FOUNDATION 

The Citizenship Foundation is an independent education and participation charity that encourages and enables individuals to engage in democratic society. We want a fair, inclusive and cohesive society. We want a democracy in which people have the knowledge, skills and confidence to take part in and drive change as effective citizens, both as individuals and communities.
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 multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently

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£825£937£-112£38£519£4575.9201,200
31/03/22£818£878£-60£25£630£5777.919800
31/03/21£845£809£37£25£691£6169.115600
31/03/20£1,083£967£115£23£654£5116.3202,000
31/03/19£1,026£1,059£-33£28£538£4465202,500
31/03/18£1,229£1,108£121£27£572£3513.8180
31/03/17£1,115£1,072£42£27£450£4124.6200
31/03/16£1,293£1,186£107£45£408£3563.6210
31/03/15£1,146£1,234£-88£103£301£1961.9250
31/03/14£1,206£1,272£-66£149£389£1071250
31/03/13£1,406£1,669£-264£146£455£1020.7280
31/03/12£1,796£1,460£336£214£719£1481.2270
31/03/11*£1,931£2,124£-193£353£382£1570.9330
31/03/10£1,848£1,971£-123£313£575£3352330
31/03/09£2,120£2,092£28£259£698£3061.8310
31/03/08?£3,153£3,158£-5£428£636£2591350
30/09/06£2,292£2,137£156£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£1,695£1,637£57£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£1,277£1,116£162£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 35 years

www.youngcitizens.org

info@youngcitizens.org

02075664141

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social & legal advocacy
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
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 1,200 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
Pears Foundation£420,000
Co-Op Foundation£139,276
Ministry of Justice£75,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Op Foundation - Make a Difference to Coastal Community Spaces
£34,360 26/08/2022
The project will support a minimum of 10 organisations, working with children between the ages of 10-20, to identify and improve their local community spaces, empowering them and engendering a sense ....more
Ministry of Justice - Magistrates' Court Mock Trial Competition
£25,000 01/04/2022
To equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the legal system. In doing so, they help develop effective and engaged citizens.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Young Citizens
£160,000 12/07/2021
Go Givers Programme
Ministry of Justice - Magistrates' Court Mock Trial Competition
£25,000 19/03/2021
To equip young people with knowledge of the legal system and skills for citizenship
Co-Op Foundation - Continuation project
£70,000 19/11/2020
To consolidate their current work with primary schools in Leeds to engage pupils to improve community spaces, and expand their YSA programme into secondary schools and youth organisations
Pears Foundation - Grant to Young Citizens
£100,000 29/06/2020
12
Go Givers Programme
Pears Foundation - Grant to Young Citizens
£60,000 29/06/2020
12
Go-Givers Subscriptions 2020/21
Ministry of Justice - Magistrates Court Mock trial competition
£25,000 01/04/2020
To equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the legal system. In doing so, they help develop effective and engaged citizens
Co-Op Foundation - #iwill Community Spaces Project
£34,916 21/11/2019
Will work with primary schools in Leeds, Dewsbury and Batley to create a toolkit to help other schools engage pupils in social action and improve their local community spaces
Pears Foundation - Grant to Young Citizens
£100,000 17/10/2019
12
Go Givers Programme
Ministry of Justice - HMCTS - Mock Trials Competition
£25,000 01/04/2019
To equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the legal system. In doing so, they help develop effective and engaged citizens.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Young Citizens
£235,119 17/12/2018
27
Pears #iwill Fund: Developing and Embedding Social Action in Primary Schools
Pears Foundation - Grant to Young Citizens
£100,000 21/10/2018
12
Go Givers Programme
Ministry of Justice - Mock Trials Competitions
£25,000 01/04/2018
To equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the legal system.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Citizenship Foundation
£100,000 31/08/2017
12
Go Givers Programme
Ministry of Justice - Mock Trials Competitions
£25,000 01/04/2017
To Increase young persons awareness of the judicial system.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Citizenship Foundation
£100,000 13/07/2016
12
Go Givers Programme
Pears Foundation - Grant to Citizenship Foundation
£100,000 08/07/2015
12
Go-Givers Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Citizenship Foundation
£240,000 11/12/2014
Towards the core costs of an organisation that inspires young people to take part in society as equal members, helping them to understand the law, politics and democratic life.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Citizenship Foundation
£182,556 30/06/2011
Towards the costs of the senior management team.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 25-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/1989, number: 801360
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/02/1989, number: 02351363
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
19 returns made; AR11: 2 days late,
Main office

37 Heneage Street
LONDON
LONDON
E1 5LJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIPS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ADVANCE THE ACTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF LAW, POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY, RELIGION AND MORALS, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, THE ARTS, ECOLOGY AND OTHER SUBJECTS IN SO FAR AS LIKELY TO BE CONDUCIVE TO GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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