Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +10
    Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

    THE EIKON CHARITY 

    Eikon's objective is to observe, understand and respond to the needs of young people in our community and to help prevent the onset of serious difficulties by offering early intervention. We aim to enable young people to reach their full potential and to respond to the increasing needs of families by providing support and education in parenting.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
    Established: 19 years

    www.eikon.org.uk

    info@eikon.org.uk

    01932347434

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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£2,018£2,156£-138£227£792£7043.96424
    31/03/22£1,839£1,818£21£179£938£7875.26027
    31/03/21£2,496£2,002£494£122£918£8134.94950
    31/03/20£1,814£1,895£-81£124£425£3011.94838
    31/03/19£1,683£1,768£-85£129£505£3032.14568
    31/03/18£1,379£1,224£155£114£592£3433.4450
    31/03/17£1,257£1,046£211£100£436£2623320
    31/03/16£585£750£-165£68£226£2033.3190
    31/03/15£938£764£174£78£390£3505.5130
    31/03/14£615£579£36£74£216£1653.4100
    31/03/13£411£375£36£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£351£291£59£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£292£236£56£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£222£217£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£232£234£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£172£160£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£130£135£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/06£132£113£19£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.3%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.5%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 24%
    Liabilities/Income: 12%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 3.7
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Education/Training
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Surrey,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 64 employees
    • 24 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£450,000
    DCMS£105,000
    Community Foundation for Surrey£104,083
    Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Providing safe; affirming & inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ young people in Surrey.
    £450,000 30/08/2023
    This funding will support The Eikon Charity to support their iAmMe project providing mental health and wraparound support for LGBTQ+ young people. The project aims to improve mental wellbeing and ....more
    Community Foundation for Surrey - iAMe - LGBTQ+ Support Groups
    £10,000 29/11/2021
    9
    Funding for LGBTQ+ support services for young people, both online and face-to-face, offering advice, peer support and signposting.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Surrey Heath Youth Council (SHYC)
    £5,000 17/11/2021
    9
    Funding toward the essential running costs and training residential for a youth council, based in Surrey Heath.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £25,000 05/11/2021
    Supporting Surrey young people to thrive
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Surrey Heath Youth Work
    £10,000 20/08/2020
    11
    Funding toward a weekly youth group for LGBT+ people in Surrey Heath, run by a Surrey-based organisation that specialises in youth work.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Eikon's Youth Specialist Programme
    £10,000 27/07/2020
    10
    Funding toward the salary costs of youth workers going into schools to help improve children’s mental health on a one to one basis and through group work, run by a Surrey-based organisation that ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £100,000 17/07/2020
    "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
    Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Mental Wellbeing
    £50,000 22/06/2020
    Funding towards increasing the capacity of 8 charities to provide support for Young People's mental Health in Surrey.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Eikon
    £5,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will support disadvantaged and vulnerable young people who have been adversely impacted by Covid-19 and help improve their mental and emotional health and well being.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £5,000 23/05/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Eikon Charity
    £5,000 22/05/2020
    COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that provides mental health and wellbeing support to disadvantaged young people in Surrey
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Mental wellbeing
    £5,000 08/04/2020
    Contribution to a Surrey charity supporting vulnerable young people during the Coronavirus pandemic
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Surrey Heath Youth Council
    £5,000 30/01/2020
    12
    Funding for a youth council based in Surrey Heath, to enable change decided by and for the young people in the area.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Eikon Charity
    £3,120 15/11/2019
    We want to provide one-to-one session and specialist support to the vulnerable and at-risk students at Winston Churchill School.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Chobham Youth Club
    £9,083 25/09/2019
    Continuation support for a Youth Club for young people in Chobham.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Eikon IT - Fit for the Future
    £30,000 01/02/2019
    35
    Funding for a new IT platform
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Eikon
    £30,000 22/11/2018
    36
    Lunchtime club & trips for 110 young carers in Surrey. By attending sessions young carers will be better able to manage their feelings, be positively empowered & develop coping strategies.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Therapy Garden Project
    £9,983 11/09/2018
    12
    Funding to support a youth project to develop a therapy garden.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Surrey Heath Youth Council
    £8,000 11/09/2018
    12
    Continuation funding for the Surrey Heath Youth Council.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - The Bus Shelter
    £10,000 30/01/2018
    35
    ‘Outreach’ and ‘Detached’ Youth Work sessions in Guildford or Spelthorne.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Box of sunshine
    £2,822 15/01/2018
    6
    Awareness raising campaign around stress for students.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - iAmMe Project
    £4,980 15/01/2018
    12
    LGBTQ awareness raising campaign
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Eikon Charity
    £4,396 29/11/2017
    To fund the Youth Specialist Programme at Bishop David Brown in Woking; supporting any student needing help before their problems escalates.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Chobham Youth Club
    £8,967 25/10/2017
    45
    Support for the ongoing cost of running a Youth Club in Chobham.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Chobham Youth Club
    £9,075 25/10/2017
    45
    Support for the ongoing cost of running a Youth Club in Chobham.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Surrey Heath Youth Council
    £4,252 10/08/2017
    10
    Supporting Surrey Heath Youth Council to create a positive connection between young people and the community they live in.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Youth Specialist Programme
    £7,000 20/09/2016
    12
    Supporting core costs of the Youth Specialist Programme which provides much needed counselling, advice and support to at-risk young people.
    Community Foundation for Surrey - St Michael's Basketball/Multi-sports Project*
    £5,656 15/09/2016
    23
    Weekly basketball/multi-sports project in Southway, engaging young people in St Michaels Ward, Camberley - 2nd year of funding
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Eikon Charity
    £20,000 05/12/2012
    24
    towards two years' running costs of a charity in Surrey supporting young people at risk
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 27-74
    • MICHAEL PYMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Customer Operations Manager
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/04/2005, number: 1109190
    • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2005, number: 05402398
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    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
    • 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
    18 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from THE LIFETRAIN TRUST on 11/09/2019
    • Asset transfer in from THE RAYMOND COLMAN CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/05/2021
    Main office

    EIKON
    SELSDON ROAD
    NEW HAW
    ADDLESTONE
    KT15 3HP

    Objectives

    1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITHIN SURREY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    WITHIN SURREY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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