Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Fundraising costs high: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD

Overview

Chance for Childhood have been a pillar for change in some of the most deprived countries in Africa. They have helped implement projects that allow disabled children to feel more included and street children feel safer.

Having aided children since 1992, their strong partnerships with a variety of organisations has kept them influential with local authorities and governments. Merging with key partners at the right time has broadened their reach and allowed them to continue making the impact they set out to accomplish almost 20 years ago.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Helping children who are disabled, live on streets, have been in prison or are victims of conflict, to integrate into society

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
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:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/03/24		£1,469	£1,426	£42	£288	£436	£69	0.6	58	0
31/03/23?		£1,555	£1,429	£126	£259	£395	£162	1.4	22	2
31/12/21		£970	£975	£-5	£159	£260	£105	1.3	16	2
31/12/20		£868	£1,015	£-147	£182	£264	£121	1.4	15	2
31/12/19		£1,402	£1,327	£75	£169	£410	£145	1.3	16	4
31/12/18		£1,136	£1,314	£-178	£148	£337	£135	1.2	11	0
31/12/17		£1,217	£1,318	£-100	£154	£512	£161	1.5	9	0
31/12/16		£1,605	£1,282	£323	£174	£613	£140	1.3	10	0
31/12/15		£810	£688	£122	£118	£290	£136	2.4	5	0
31/12/14		£622	£595	£27	£101	£168	£68	1.4	4	0
31/12/13		£589	£524	£64	£79	£142	£62	1.4	3	0
31/12/12		£462	£647	£-185	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11?		£601	£680	£-79	£127	£262	£173	3.1	5	0
30/04/10	*	£749	£678	£72	£62	£422	£225	4	6	0
30/04/09	*	£678	£883	£-206	£83	£350	£223	3	6	0
30/04/08	*	£713	£877	£-164	£59	£556	£214	2.9	8	0
30/04/07	*	£896	£887	£9	£46	£720	£364	4.9	8	0
30/04/06	*	£949	£871	£78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/05	*	£869	£913	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/04	*	£746	£594	£152	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Comment: Their substantial income growth in the 2015-16 financial year was due to a merger with the charity Street Child Africa. This enabled them to broaden their reach and the recent merger with Glad's House hopes to repeat this progress

Source: Giving is Great

Established: 32 years

www.chanceforchildhood.org

info@chanceforchildhood.org

01483203250

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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What it does

Chance for Childhood is an award-winning charity working in Africa to support the most vulnerable children, often invisible from society, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict and children in conflict with the law. These children are often hidden members of their communities, unable to go to school, excluded from society and living in abject poverty.

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Legal & financial advice

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Congo (Democratic Republic), Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

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

Comic Relief	£210,205
The EQ Foundation	£40,738
Charles Hayward Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD
£18,238	04/03/2023	Big Give Champion Pledge
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Chance for Childhood
£15,000	27/05/2022	Pig Farming project, Rwanda
The EQ Foundation - Grant to CHANCE FOR CHILDHOOD
£12,500	15/02/2022	Big Give Champion Pledge
Comic Relief - Natwe Turashoboye: Protection, Participation, Inclusion & Empowerment for Girls
£210,205	23/03/2021	Natwe Turashoboye meaning 'we can also' in Kinyarwanda aims to improve inclusion, participation & protection of D/deaf girls in Rwanda at 3 levels. Individual: dance therapy, safe spaces, agency building, girls? participation in local ....more Natwe Turashoboye meaning 'we can also' in Kinyarwanda aims to improve inclusion, participation & protection of D/deaf girls in Rwanda at 3 levels. Individual: dance therapy, safe spaces, agency building, girls? participation in local decision-making; Community: shift values that perpetuate exclusion & violence; Institutional: strengthen accessible referral pathways.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Chance for Childhood
£10,000	05/02/2021	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
Comic Relief - Beyond Grants Pilot
£68,821	10/02/2019 3	Chance for Childhood has set out to increase five-fold to 50,000 the number of children and young people supported in their 5 core countries:The application focuses on support to the development of a social franchise model for Right2Change, their ....more Chance for Childhood has set out to increase five-fold to 50,000 the number of children and young people supported in their 5 core countries:The application focuses on support to the development of a social franchise model for Right2Change, their flagship juvenile justice programme through the development of a social franchise model that aims to roll out the programme throughout Uganda & in the longer term other countries in East and West Africa. The social franchise draws from the successes of the Comic Relief funded Right2Change programme (which achieved 1% recidivism rate and a 1:10 social return on investment) and understanding of the gaps in standard operating procedures and quality ass
Dulverton Trust - Farming the Future
£15,000	08/06/2016	Farming the Future
Comic Relief - Pilot supporting young street-connected mothers to improve outcomes through quality ECD in Accra
£177,247	16/03/2016 24	A recent census found there are more than 30,000 young girls living and working on the streets of Accra, capital of Ghana. Many have given birth themselves and have small children to support. To survive they carry heavy loads, sell cheap goods, or ....more A recent census found there are more than 30,000 young girls living and working on the streets of Accra, capital of Ghana. Many have given birth themselves and have small children to support. To survive they carry heavy loads, sell cheap goods, or engage in sex work. These young mothers have limited experience of good parenting, and without support their children will not receive the early years education to prepare them for entrance into primary school. The focus of this project is to engage with young street connected mothers and improve their skills to support their children's development, improve their financial literacy, and offer quality early years teaching to their children.
Comic Relief - LEAP from the Street - Learning, Educating and Protecting
£695,993	25/11/2015 48	Detailed research done by Chance for Childhood (CfC) shows that significant proportion of the children with street connections have challenges in expressing themselves. This impediment is likely to have developed due to trauma, disability or lack of ....more Detailed research done by Chance for Childhood (CfC) shows that significant proportion of the children with street connections have challenges in expressing themselves. This impediment is likely to have developed due to trauma, disability or lack of schooling. As a result, all too often these children spiral into conflict with authorities and the law. This may also have been at the root of their leaving home or what stops them from returning home. This project in Kenya will work with schools, juvenile justice authorities and street children organisations and build their expertise enabling them to identify and overcome the problem in working with street connected children. Through this project these children will be helped to avoid being abused or getting into trouble and helped back into their communities. In the process teachers will also be supported to ensure all the children they teach can learn in less disruptive classrooms.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-61

CAROLE RAMELLA Appointed: 2020 Occupation: Managing Director

Carole has over twenty years’ experience in fundraising advisory, financial analysis and company valuation having worked with Paribas, Arthur Anderson and Duff & Phelps among others. She has experience among a large number of sectors, including IT, publishing and logistics, and has worked with companies across 15 countries. As well as....more

DERRICK BETTS Appointed: 2023 Occupation: Partner- Ey

ELIZABETH KIGOZI NTEGE Appointed: 2020 Occupation: Group Director

Elizabeth is the Co-founder and Director of NFT Consult Group, a business process outsourcing and consultancy firm with offices across East Africa. She has extensive experience in business strategy and transformation, serving as business advisor and integrator at Uganda’s largest start-up business incubator, an international partner and....more

JANINE MCKELVEY Appointed: 2024 Occupation: General Counsel Data And Bt Group Data Protection

MAX WHICHER Appointed: 2023 Occupation: Ceo

NICOLETTA GOPSILL-PICCOLROVAZZI Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Co-Founder & Chairwoman

RICHARD CHARLES EDWARDS Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1992, number: 1013587
Registered at Companies House on 29/07/1992, number: 02735643

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

08/06/2020 - Asset transfer in from GLAD'S HOUSE
06/01/2021 - Asset transfer in from LINKING ARMS WITH RESCUED KIDS
Linked charity: STREET CHILD AFRICA

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 193 days late, AR09: 232 days late, AR08: 229 days late, AR07: 222 days late, AR06: 237 days late, AR05: 238 days late, AR04: 146 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from GLAD'S HOUSE on 08/06/2020
Asset transfer in from LINKING ARMS WITH RESCUED KIDS on 06/01/2021

Main office

PO Box 3030
Romford
Essex
RM7 1US

Objectives

TO PREVENT AND/OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND OTHER CHARITABLE NEEDS, AND IMPROVE WELLBEING, AMONGDISADVANTAGED AND/OR VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS ASTHE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED AND/OR VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES;TO ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PEOPLE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:ADVANCING THE INCLUSION, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSEWITH DISABILITIES;SEEKING REDRESS FOR, AND/OR THE RELIEF OF NEED OF, CHILD AND OTHER YOUNG VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE,AND/OR SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME INTO CONFLICT WITH THE LAW;RAISING AWARENESS OF, AND/OR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT, THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNGPEOPLE.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARENOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.IN THE DEFINITIONS SECTION: HUMAN RIGHTS MEANS ANY OR ALL OF THE RIGHTS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATIONOF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, AND THE UNITED NATIONSCONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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