Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

CHILDREN ON THE EDGE

Mission:

Children on the Edge is a child rights organisation created to support the world’s most marginalised children. We currently work with more than 16,000 children in Bangladesh, India, Uganda, Myanmar, and Lebanon. We work to create conditions in which every marginalised child can flourish and thrive no matter where they live and irrespective of the challenging circumstances they face. We place children at the heart of everything we do by working hand-in-hand with local communities to restore hope, dignity, and justice; and to actively involve everyone in creating transformation. By doing so, we help transform the lives of marginalised children by co-creating protective, nurturing environments in which they can safely live, play, learn, and grow.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Comment by the Charity:
COVID-19 has created a volatility that has caused a temporary fluctuation in our finances. Income rose in 2020 as donors responded to the emergency needs on our programmes and some established partners benefitted from an upturn in business and subsequently fundraising. Whilst we increased spending on programmes for emergency response, ongoing lockdowns during 2020 and 2021 resulted in a short term reduction in expenditure against forecast levels. We are currently taking advantage of the surplus of funds to invest in some one-off additions to our programmes rather than take on extra long term commitments that could threaten the charity\'s sustainability. This expenditure includes further development of our Early Years Education (EYE) curriculum in Uganda, refugee camp school and latrine building programmes in Uganda and a Dalit community centre building in India. As a result, our current financial year forecast is for expenditure to exceed income by £250,000 which will reduce the level of liquidity. Our reserves policy seeks to maintain fund balances at a level that enables the charity to maintain operations during times of fluctuations in income. COVID-19 has been an exceptional situation and whilst the first year saw an increase in income, we predict the impact to last for at least another 18 months with the potential for significantly reduced funds. Our cash balances are split between restricted, designated and free reserve funds. At the end of the last financial year (Feb 2021), restricted funds were £632,880, designated funds were £1,555,006 and free reserves £108,396. These funds were within the agreed limits by the trustees.

Established: 20 years

www.childrenontheedge.org

office@childrenontheedge.org

01243538530

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	Volun- teers
28/02/23		£2,740	£2,792	£-52	£297	£2,175	£1,757	7.6	11	15
28/02/22		£1,829	£1,898	£-69	£259	£2,227	£1,802	11.4	13	15
28/02/21		£2,354	£1,896	£458	£199	£2,296	£1,663	10.5	11	9
29/02/20		£2,228	£1,455	£774	£193	£1,839	£924	7.6	9	70
28/02/19		£1,469	£1,721	£-252	£152	£1,065	£668	4.7	8	70
28/02/18		£1,857	£1,159	£699	£152	£1,317	£542	5.6	7	0
28/02/17		£1,147	£1,132	£15	£164	£619	£417	4.4	7	0
28/02/16		£872	£794	£78	£139	£603	£516	7.8	7	0
28/02/15		£812	£675	£136	£135	£525	£509	9	6	0
28/02/14		£568	£584	£-17	£135	£389	£389	8	5	0
28/02/13		£739	£620	£119	£134	£406	£358	6.9	5	0
28/02/12		£469	£557	£-89	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/11		£613	£662	£-49	£108	£375	£308	5.6	5	0
28/02/10		£560	£743	£-183	£119	£424	£417	6.7	6	0
28/02/09		£980	£927	£52	£128	£607	£574	7.4	6	0
29/02/08		£832	£661	£171	£77	£555	£502	9.1	6	0
28/02/07		£668	£610	£58	£91	£384	£351	6.9	6	0
28/02/06		£734	£660	£74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/05	*	£565	£497	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 42.7

Asset Split ?

What it does

To relieve children and young people who are the survivors of conflict and abuse or any other vulnerable or marginalised children and young people, through the provision of education and play programmes, safe secure accommodation and by such other charitable means as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bangladesh, Burma, India, Lebanon, Moldova, Romania, Thailand, Uganda,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

11 employees
15 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Children on the Edge
£14,700	29/11/2021	Sanitation and clean water for two preschools in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Samworth Foundation - Community Based Child Protection
£50,396	17/03/2017 24	To provide ongoing support to community based child protection work in slums, Uganda AND support COTE UK and COTE Africa to develop monitoring and evaluation systems.
Samworth Foundation - Protection of Vulnerable Children
£51,086	21/09/2014	Protection of vulnerable children from abuse and exploitation in the slums of Jinja, Uganda.
Samworth Foundation - Protection of Vulnerable Children
£51,086	31/08/2014	Protection of vulnerable children from abuse and exploitation in the slums of Jinja, Uganda.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee and working children education
£487,210	18/12/2013 36	Refugee and working children education
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee and working children education
£14,317	20/06/2013 12	The project, in Cox's Bazar and a camp in Bangladesh, aims to provide primary education for 2700 five to ten-year old refugee children from the Burmese Rohingya minority and 900 six to 11-year-old ....more The project, in Cox's Bazar and a camp in Bangladesh, aims to provide primary education for 2700 five to ten-year old refugee children from the Burmese Rohingya minority and 900 six to 11-year-old Bangladeshi and Rohingya working children who would otherwise have no opportunity to learn.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-74

HELEN PATTINSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

PAUL DAVID SUTER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: Releasing Potential Ltd,

SARAH WICKENS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Property

STUART GALLIMORE (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director Of Children'S Services - West Sussex

WILLIAM ALEXANDER JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2004, number: 1101441
Registered at Companies House on 16/12/2003, number: 04996130

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; AR05: 32 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PETWORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH on 30/12/2021

Main office

CHILDREN ON THE EDGE
5 THE VICTORIA
25 ST PANCRAS
CHICHESTER
WEST SUSSEX
PO19 7LT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF CONFLICT AND ABUSE OR ANY OTHER VULNERABLE OR MARGINALISED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND PLAY PROGRAMMES, SAFE AND SECURE ACCOMMODATION AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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