Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

CHILDNET

Childnet's mission is to work in partnership with others worldwide to help make the Internet a great & safe place for children. Our vision is to ensure that all those involved in developing, producing, controlling, using & regulating international telecoms , recognise & implement policies and programmes which prioritise the rights of children so that their interests are both promoted & protected

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several 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

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 24 years

www.childnet.com

info@childnet.com

02076396967

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£1,070	£1,029	£41	£0	£258	£253	2.9	17
31/03/22		£1,151	£1,076	£75	£0	£217	£0	n/a	18
31/03/21		£960	£940	£19	£0	£142	£120	1.5	18
31/03/20	*	£1,088	£1,092	£-4	£0	£123	£36	0.4	18
31/03/19	*	£881	£941	£-60	£0	£126	£90	1.1	17
31/03/18		£999	£1,001	£-2	£0	£175	£95	1.1	15
31/03/17		£755	£730	£25	£1	£177	£175	2.9	12
31/03/16		£929	£914	£15	£1	£152	£84	1.1	12
31/03/15		£633	£603	£29	£4	£137	£93	1.8	9
31/03/14		£509	£496	£13	£5	£108	£100	2.4	9
31/03/13		£502	£519	£-16	£5	£95	£92	2.1	10
31/03/12		£563	£573	£-10	£6	£111	£111	2.3	9
31/03/11	*	£507	£535	£-29	£4	£121	£121	2.7	9
31/03/10	*	£570	£594	£-24	£4	£150	£121	2.4	9
31/03/09	*	£741	£725	£16	£15	£174	£163	2.7	10
31/03/08		£620	£618	£2	£20	£157	£106	2.1	8
31/03/07	*	£812	£723	£89	£25	£155	£115	1.9	6
31/03/06	*	£442	£459	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£575	£612	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£701	£627	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 51%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

17 employees

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£130,000
DCMS	£91,116
Dulverton Trust	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Core Funding 21/22
£25,000	28/10/2021	Core Funding 21/22
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£50,000	01/10/2021	Core Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£91,116	09/10/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£80,000	28/05/2019	Childnet International

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72

DEBORAH HURLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Consult-Child Residential Care&Education

JULIAN COLES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Editorial Policy Advisor

KARL PETER HOPWOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Consultant

KATIE RIGG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Higher Education + Well-Being

KEVIN NIGEL FRANKLIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive

ROB WRIGHT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Web Marketing Manager

VICTORIA HORDERN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lawyer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2000, number: 1080173
Registered at Companies House on 28/03/2000, number: 03958416

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
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
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 109 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

CHILDNET
UNIT 14
BROCKLEY CROSS BUSINESS CENTRE
96 ENDWELL ROAD
LONDON
SE4 2PD

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN ALL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOFTWARE FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN; (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN AND BY THE USE OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; (3) TO PROTECT THE MORAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY THE PROMOTION OF MEASURES DIRECTED TO PREVENT THEIR EXPOSURE TO RACIST PORNOGRAPHIC OBSCENE OR OTHER HARMFUL ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AND TELEVISUAL MATERIAL AND (4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD

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