Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

THE CLEFT LIP AND PALATE ASSOCIATION 

Supports all those with, and affected by, cleft lip and/or palate
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 19 years

www.clapa.com

info@clapa.com

02078334883

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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£649£633£15£223£240£2314.41582
31/03/22£554£578£-24£201£225£1603.31680
31/03/21£707£593£114£220£249£1583.216113
31/03/20£700£725£-25£220£135£450.718134
31/03/19£838£796£41£232£161£600.921150
31/03/18£894£939£-45£318£120£230.3230
31/03/17£672£822£-151£195£165£831.2170
31/03/16£737£763£-27£132£315£2493.9130
31/03/15£639£600£39£120£342£3326.690
31/03/14£525£533£-9£92£303£2916.690
31/03/13£435£480£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£486£401£84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£382£403£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£396£434£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£354£537£-183£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£406£416£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£512£378£134£96£524£49215.650
31/03/06£535£429£106£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 40.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 82 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£254,020
DCMS£99,997
CAF£10,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving the health and wellbeing of adults in England born with a cleft.
£244,024 30/05/2023
The funding will be used to support people who were born with a cleft lip or palate through signposting information one-to-one support and by raising awareness. The project aims to improve the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cleft++ (Online mentoring project for 12-17 year olds)
£9,996 13/01/2023
The funding will be used to pilot a mentoring programme for children and young people born with a cleft through a bespoke online platform. The project aims to improve their emotional wellbeing ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Cleft Lip and Palate Association - 03/10/22
£2,000 24/10/2022
Core Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,997 08/07/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Cleft Lip & Palate Association
£10,000 30/06/2020
3
Grant to Cleft Lip & Palate Association to support the organisation through COVID19
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cleft Lip & Palate Association (CLAPA)
£28,500 08/05/2018
36
150 children and young people with a cleft lip or palate from across Scotland will be supported to shape the service and take part in family days, activity days and residentials. They will be more ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cleft Lip & Palate Association (CLAPA)
£49,558 02/03/2018
24
Adventure days, residentials and youth council meetings for 174 5-18 year olds with a cleft palate or lip. Children and young people will increase their confidence, be less socially isolated and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Peer Support Training Programme(England)
£8,297 06/09/2017
12
This project will deliver a training programme to equip volunteers to support people with cleft lips or cleft palates, leading to improved levels of self esteem and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cleft Community Regional Support Project
£323,076 22/02/2017
36
This project aims to provide emotional support to individuals affected by cleft lip or palate in East, Central and South East areas of England. Families of the 1 in 700 babies born with a cleft each ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland Cleft Community & Family Support
£199,838 16/04/2015
36
This project will expand the existing volunteer network across Scotland and increase the numbers of volunteers to deliver improved peer support to families with a child, young person (or adult ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CLAPA Volunteers
£284,881 13/06/2012
48
A new new project that builds on a pilot project that to establish a volunteer network in three England regions (East of England, East and West Midlands and South East) to provide peer support to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-65
  • JANE KERBY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Cleft Lip And Palate Consultant
  • MARIE PINKSTONE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Senior Speech And Language Therapist
  • MELANIE SPENCER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Audience Development Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2005, number: 1108160
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/08/2004, number: 05206298
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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cleft Lip & Palate Association
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
LONDON
E2 9DA

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF AND SUPPORT OF ALL THOSE WITH CLEFT LIP, CLEFT PALATE OR BOTH OR ASSOCIATED CRANIO- FACIAL BIRTH ANOMALIES;2. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF AND THE RELIEF TREATMENT OR CARE OF THOSE WITH CLEFT LIP, CLEFT PALATE OR ASSOCIATED CRANIO-FACIAL BIRTH ANOMALIES AND CONDITIONS OR ANY OF THEM AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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