Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

MAKING THE LEAP 

MAKING THE LEAP IS A SOCIAL MOBILITY AND YOUTH CHARITY WHICH RUNS CAREERS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS ACROSS LONDON, AND DELIVERS SERVICES THAT PREPARES YOUNG ADULTS FOR LIFE-CHANGING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
Established: 27 years

www.mtl.org.uk

info@mtl.org.uk

02089621900

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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£1,476£1,468£8£137£1,957£1,81514.821501
31/03/22£1,797£1,211£586£80£1,949£1,92919.118266
31/03/21£1,536£875£662£45£1,364£1,22516.816360
31/03/20£1,066£880£186£97£927£84311.520510
31/03/19£829£811£18£83£741£73810.916345
31/03/18£818£806£11£36£723£72110.7180
31/03/17£731£728£3£46£712£811.3170
31/03/16*£645£661£-16£28£709£651.2180
31/03/15£575£627£-52£98£726£250.5110
31/03/14£552£546£6£43£778£781.790
31/03/13£659£657£1£70£772£370.7140
31/03/12*£538£699£-161£160£770£500.9160
31/03/11*£764£725£39£146£931£1512.5160
31/03/10£702£688£14£125£893£1122160
31/03/09£806£854£-48£113£879£821.2290
31/03/08£844£835£9£115£927£991.4200
31/03/07£831£826£5£119£918£380.6190
31/03/06£789£762£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£708£685£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£681£597£84£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 14.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 17.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 21 employees
  • 501 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£350,000
National Lottery Community Fund£240,294
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
John Lyon's Charity£105,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£80,000
Rank Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Making The Leap
£350,000 09/06/2022
A project to support young people studying at 16 – 18 from less-advantaged socio-economic backgrounds who are not attending university, by raising their aspirations, developing their skills and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 26/11/2021
ACE (Aspirations, Careers and Employability) Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 25/09/2020
ACE (Aspirations, Careers and Employability) Project
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 26/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Making The Leap 2020
£20,000 30/06/2020
To cover lost income
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Making The Leap
£13,177 19/06/2020
£13,177 towards the costs outlined in your application excluding the costs for developing an Outcomes Framework.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Making The Leap (MTL)
£120,000 07/05/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of an 'Aspirations, Careers, Employability' project which transforms the lives of unemployed young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds across ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Making The Leap
£105,000 13/11/2019
36
ACE (Aspirations, Careers, Employability)
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE - Aspirations, Careers and Employability
£240,294 30/05/2019
36
The project is an employability and self-development project to support young adults aged 18-25 who are NEET and from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds in Brent and other nearby boroughs ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Making the Leap
£176,000 26/03/2019
Employment skills training and employment opportunities for bright but economically disadvantaged young Londoners
Wates Foundation - Making The Leap
£20,000 13/09/2018
To fund ACE (Aspirations, Careers and Employability), our employability and self-development project to support young people aged 18-25 who are NEET and from socio-economically disadvantaged ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Making The Leap
£90,000 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Aspirations, Careers, and Employability' project for NEET young people in London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Making the Leap
£25,000 31/05/2011
the core costs of the employment support service
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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: 32-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1996, number: 1058648
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/1996, number: 03162045
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR12: 31 days late, AR11: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

HARRIET TUBMAN HOUSE
HAZEL ROAD
KENSAL GREEN
LONDON
NW10 5PP

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE UNEMPLOYED BY RELIEVING POVERTY AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE INFORMATION TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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