Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

GETTING ON BOARD

Promote effectiveness of charities and voluntary sector generally, schools and public bodies, by improving their governance through - raising awareness of rule of trustees on governing bodies and - encouragement of individuals to volunteer on govering bodies.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£232	£248	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£221	£204	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£137	£110	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£70	£57	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£32	£49	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£50	£31	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£17	£22	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£28	£56	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£77	£72	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£34	£31	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£44	£25	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£32	£27	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£14	£15	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£10	£19	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£5	£16	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	*	£40	£7	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£8	£5	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.gettingonboard.org

info@gettingonboard.org

02074276058

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Op Foundation - ATRD - Year 4 funding
£25,000	23/11/2023	Capacity building core costs for paid CEO and social media support for Action for Trustee Racial Diversity
Co-Op Foundation - Getting on Board Core Costs
£52,000	23/02/2023	Core cost support for training and campaigns to improve trustee diversity in the UK.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Getting on Board
£7,300	12/01/2022	£7,300 over a period of 12 months to support a training program which will accompany the How to diversify your Charity?s board guide.
Co-Op Foundation - Action for Trustee Racial Diversity - Years 2 & 3
£50,000	18/11/2021	Grant awarded to Getting on Board for Action for Trustee Racial Diversity's work in increasing racial diversity on charity trustee boards, specifically to increase the number of Black and Asian trustees.
Co-Op Foundation - Action for Trustee Racial Diversity Campaign
£20,500	19/11/2020	This funding will support the core costs of the campaign, Action for Trustee Racial Diversity (ATRD)
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	28/11/2019	towards core development costs in 2020/21 to allow this organisation (which supports local charities to find and recruit trustees) to expand its reach
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Getting on Board
£75,000	24/08/2011	Towards core costs to increase the number of skilled professionals becoming charity trustees.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-63

ALEXANDRA PADILHA REICHERT Appointed: 2023

GRAHAM SPARKS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Diversity Specialist

GRANT HOWARD TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director

HELEN LOUISE O DONNELL Appointed: 2023

JANNINE POLETTI-HUGHES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

JULIE-CLAIRE NERNEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

KIKE ONIWINDE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Network Founder

LIAM JONATHAN PATRICK KEOGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing Director

MATTHEW ADAM WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Campaigns Director

PAULA MICHELLE ROBINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Fundraiser

TRACY WOODS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/11/2005, number: 1112013
Registered at Companies House on 23/07/2004, number: 05188506

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR08: 46 days late, AR07: 20 days late,

Main office

71-75 SHELTON STREET
LONDON
WC2H 9JQ

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR GENERALLY, SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC BODIES, BY IMPROVING THEIR GOVERNANCE THROUGH:-A) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ROLE OF TRUSTEES ON GOVERNING BODIES; ANDB) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO VOLUNTEER ON GOVERNING BODIES.2. TO PROMOTE ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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