Finance Score: 9
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

ISLINGTON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS

The principal objects of the charity are the promotion of the relief of persons resident in or around the London Borough of Islington in need or in distress by reason of poverty, and the advancement of the education of such people in the fields of welfare rights and debt.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

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£676£624£52£8£268£2294.41445
31/03/22£620£597£23£8£216£2164.31545
31/03/21£675£599£76£12£193£1543.11335
31/03/20£452£504£-52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£472£448£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£413£409£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£423£437£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£431£442£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£432£430£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£370£339£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£384£324£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£325£331£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£354£304£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£345£404£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£471£461£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£520£528£-8£7£80£801.8150
31/03/07£457£496£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£505£545£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£554£538£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£459£479£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years
(41 years as a company)

www.ipradvice.org.uk

info@ipradvice.org.uk

02075613685

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Camden, City Of London, City Of Westminster, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Trust for London£267,900
Cloudesley£155,500
City Bridge Trust£117,459
DCMS£71,507
Cripplegate Foundation£25,105
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£6,000 21/05/2024
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living 2024
Trust for London - Islington People's Rights
£98,000 28/03/2024
24
The funding is for a two year continuation of the IPR Justice project which is providing advice, advocacy and legal representation at First Tier Tribunals ensuring people receive their welfare entitlements. IPR Justice is tackling the underlying ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£52,500 20/02/2024
KidsSupport
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£5,000 21/11/2023
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£4,000 19/09/2023
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£12,000 19/09/2023
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2024
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington People's Rights
£1,000 06/07/2023
Islington Giving Crisis Appeal grants
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington People's Rights
£1,000 26/04/2023
Islington Giving Crisis Appeal grants
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington People's Rights
£2,000 27/03/2023
Islington Giving Crisis Appeal grants
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington People's Rights
£5,000 09/01/2023
Islington Giving Crisis Appeal
Trust for London - Islington People’s Rights
£10,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8803
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£12,000 27/09/2022
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
London Catalyst - Islington People's Rights - 1
£3,820 29/06/2022
Partners for Health - IPR Focus
National Lottery Community Fund - Out of Debt
£10,000 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to recruit and empower a team of volunteers including service users to develop ways to support people whose financial circumstances have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The project will culminate in a conference ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£107,360 04/03/2022
24
£107,360 (£53,020; £54,340) over two further and final years for IPR Assist, covering 1 f/t Specialist Caseworker, interpretation costs, volunteer expenses and related project overheads.
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£30,000 22/02/2022
Development Fund - towards a new approach to providing welfare benefits in partnership with Manor Gardens
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£12,000 21/09/2021
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2022 - Awarded Sep 2021
Trust for London - Islington People’s Rights
£120,000 03/03/2021
The funding is for providing comprehensive legal representation at First Tier Tribunals. It will address unmet demand for legal action to maximise incomes. It will represent a step change for IPR towards tackling the underlying causes of poverty, ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£10,000 23/02/2021
IPR KidsSupport
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£12,000 22/09/2020
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2021 - Awarded Sep 2020
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£71,507 22/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Trust for London - Islington People’s Rights
£39,900 18/08/2020
6
The funding is for the salary of a specialist caseworker, IT equipment and running costs to deliver additional targeted specialist advice around welfare benefits to residents affected by COVID-19. Since March 2020, IPR has faced major challenges, ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Islington People's Rights
£16,105 02/06/2020
Remote IT Infrastructure Support Project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£10,099 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £10,099, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant.
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£12,000 24/09/2019
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant Awarded Sep 2019
National Lottery Community Fund - Islington People's Rights
£393,520 30/05/2019
59
The project, Islington Direct, will use its funding to provide specialist advice to residents throughout Islington addressing debt problems, maximising incomes from welfare benefits, supporting individuals around homelessness and housing and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£134,100 14/11/2018
36
£134,100 over three years (£43,600; £44,700; £45,800) for a full-time Specialist Caseworker to provide specialist welfare and debt advice through the IPR Assist project and associated project costs.
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£12,000 19/09/2018
Interim Welfare Grant (awarded Sep 2018)
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£10,000 19/09/2018
KidsSupport
National Lottery Community Fund - Universal Credit - A Community Response
£9,994 13/07/2018
12
The funding will be use to deliver a conference to analyse the impact of the changes to welfare benefits. The project aims to provide a clear understanding of the changes and provide support enabling people to address issues at the earliest stage.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Islington People's Rights
£75,000 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing specialist welfare benefits and debt advice to people with disabilities in the London Borough of Islington
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-71
  • ARTHUR RYSER Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Linguist
  • BAHAR CHOUDHARY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID MOORE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of It
  • DAVID JAMES ALEXANDER AMOS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Academic
  • ELIZABETH WARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager
  • HENRIETTA COOKE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Senior Consultant
  • JOANNA GIVENS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Derivatives Director
  • OMOTOYOSI AKINFEMIWA Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant
  • SAIQA PANDOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Co-Ordinator
  • TIONG AN CHUA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/10/1999, number: 1077688
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/09/1983, number: 01753440
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 38 days late, AR06: 116 days late, AR05: 157 days late, AR04: 558 days late,
Main office

ISLINGTON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
6-9 MANOR GARDENS
LONDON
N7 6LA

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT, WORKING OR STUDYING IN OR AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON BY REASON OF POVERTY. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT, WORKING OR STUDYING IN OR AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON IN THE FIELD OF WELFARE RIGHTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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