Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN 

The charity's objects are to increase opportunities in education, training, work and leisure for people with disabilities and special needs and their carers in South and East Cambridgeshire
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
Established: 18 years

www.red2green.org

info@red2green.org

01223811662

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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£868£851£17£0£292£2924.1342
31/03/22*£731£732£-2£0£275£2754.5280
31/03/21£666£643£23£0£277£2715.1271
31/03/20£595£552£43£0£254£2485.4200
31/03/19£588£627£-39£0£210£2033.9230
31/03/18£726£664£63£0£249£2304.2230
31/03/17£610£622£-11£0£187£1833.5210
31/03/16£593£603£-10£0£198£1983.9210
31/03/15£607£594£13£1£208£2014.1210
31/03/14£586£548£38£2£195£1934.2210
31/03/13£566£534£32£2£157£1272.9160
31/03/12*£522£573£-51£2£125£962210
31/03/11£621£662£-41£1£176£1382.5190
31/03/10£658£673£-15£1£216£801.4250
31/03/09*£735£844£-109£1£232£711260
31/03/08*£812£863£-52£1£340£2623.6420
31/03/07£670£678£-8£1£392£530.9440

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 34 employees
  • 2 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
Three Guineas Trust£105,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£81,400
DCMS£32,700
Lloyds Bank Foundation£13,306
National Lottery Community Fund£9,478
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Red2Green
£2,218 21/10/2023
We would like to improve the space at Red2Green to enable us to support more service users, create more space for them to access services, and to allow us to reopen our community cafe.
Three Guineas Trust - Cost of living
£5,000 18/01/2023
To help with the effects of the rise in cost of living on the charity's operation
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Red2Green
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Red2Green
£3,263 22/10/2022
We aim to enable our learners with sensory issues to experience the social inclusion of a disco where they might not otherwise be able to attend because of overload due to noise levels.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Turning the Red Lights Green T/A Red2Green - 08/07/22
£3,000 04/08/2022
Core Funding
Three Guineas Trust - Continuing social skills programme
£50,000 04/07/2022
To continue the social skills programme covering staying safe, money, health, work and learning, and relationships, with an emphasis on social contact, self-awareness and understanding of others.
National Lottery Community Fund - Senior Autism Tutor
£9,478 19/03/2021
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The funding will be used to recruit a Senior Autism Tutor to work with adult clients to help reach educational outcomes and/or secure employment. The project aims to diversify the support it is able ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,700 15/09/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Red2Green
£11,056 23/07/2020
Grant to Red2Green meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Three Guineas Trust - Continuing social skills programme
£50,000 13/06/2020
To continue the social skills programme covering staying safe, money, health, work and learning, and relationships, with an emphasis on social contact, self-awareness and understanding of others.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Turning the Red Lights Green
£81,400 27/08/2019
Cogs to Computers
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Red2Green
£62,130 26/09/2018
36
supporting people with learning disabilities and people with poor mental health by increasing confidence, reducing isolation and helping them better manage their mental health. The grant will fund ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hearts and Crafts Community Cafe
£10,000 10/01/2018
12
This project will create a community cafe run by adults with autism and learning disabilities, who will prepare and serve refreshments and home-made snacks whilst learning business and social skills ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Aspirations
£75,000 15/05/2017
Towards providing personalised social support to people with ASD in Cambridgeshire.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Red2Green
£79,500 18/08/2016
Crafty Sew and Sows
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Red2Green
£62,130 09/09/2015
36
supporting people with learning disabilities and people with poor mental health by increasing confidence, reducing isolation and helping them better manage their mental health. The grant will fund ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Aspirations - personalised support service
£28,000 03/06/2015
To Aspirations, a service to provide personalised social support to people with ASD in Cambridgeshire.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Red2Green
£61,500 15/05/2014
War Detectives: Lies and Spies, Rations and Fashions
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Red2Green
£75,000 12/09/2012
36
towards three years' staffing costs of a service for people with Asperger Syndrome in Cambridgeshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Red2Green
£40,000 17/08/2012
the salary costs of the CEO
Three Guineas Trust - Running costs of Aspirations
£72,000 14/11/2011
Towards the running costs of Aspirations, a social skills and independent living programme for adults with ASD.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Red2Green
£72,000 16/02/2011
Towards the Health for Life programme, a volunteer supported programme assisting recovery from poor mental health, whilst diversifying income streams.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-85
  • JANE MILLER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Health Worker - Primary Care Trust
  • PETER HAINS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired Headteacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2005, number: 1112429
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2005, number: 05485413
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR12: 7 days late, AR09: 87 days late, AR08: 125 days late,
Main office

HARVEY'S BARN
PARK END
SWAFFHAM BULBECK
CAMBRIDGE
CB25 0NA

Objectives

(I) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR CARERS, PRIMARILY IN SOUTH AND EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.(II) TO PROMOTE INSOFAR AS IS CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITIES OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY PROMOTING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH AND EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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