Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

STARTUPONLINE 

Since 2010, focus only on supporting women ex-offenders, and those "at risk" of offending, into self-employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 18 years

www.startupnow.org.uk

JULIETHOPE@BTOPENWORLD.COM

07785732115

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
30/06/23£52£50£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/22£216£164£52n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/21£247£134£113n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/06/20£156£141£15n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/06/19£176£174£1n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/06/18£178£167£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£260£233£27£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£208£180£28£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£160£127£33£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£281£279£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£381£264£116£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£208£196£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£385£378£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£204£202£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£149£144£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£190£171£18£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£121£119£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
Rothschild Foundation£35,000
CHK Foundation£20,000
DCMS£19,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£10,000
Wates Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,500
Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£20,000 07/07/2021
to support specified work
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 13/11/2020
Startup's Covid 19 response: Breaking the Cycle Expansion project
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,500 25/09/2020
"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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Startuponline
£7,000 18/09/2020
Breaking the Cycle expansion
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Startuponline Ltd
£35,000 27/08/2020
12
Startup's 'Breaking the Cycle' project supports young women in Bucks to improve their self-confidence and motivation to move towards goals in education, work and self-employment.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 03/08/2020
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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Covid-19 Startup`s Peer Mentoring Response
£10,000 27/07/2020
5
Advice & support for disadvantaged women.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Startup`s Peer Mentoring Response
£5,000 14/07/2020
Grant to Startuponline (also known as Startup)
Wates Foundation - Startuponline
£10,000 13/12/2019
To contribute to the Breaking the Cycle2 Expansion project, specifically covering the costs of employability training for 100 young women over the first year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking the Cycle2
£9,500 09/05/2019
12
This organisation will deliver training including life coaching, CV preparation and interview techniques to vulnerable young women across Buckinghamshire. The project aims to build confidence, ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Startuponline
£40,000 13/09/2018
24
Breaking the Cycle2; support for 400 homeless, unemployed, vulnerable young women in the Thames Valley
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Breaking the Cycle2
£9,500 11/12/2017
11
Breaking the Cycle2, supporting 200 young women living in Oxfordshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking the Cycle 2
£9,500 15/11/2017
12
This organisation will deliver training including life coaching, CV preparation and interview techniques to young women vulnerably housed across Oxfordshire with the aim of building their confidence, ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Runnings costs of Breaking the Cycle mentoring programme
£59,000 19/05/2016
24
Towards running costs of a peer mentor programme - working with homeless, unemployed "at risk" young women, delivering a programme of life skills, employability ad self-employment support.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Breaking the Cycle
£54,676 08/02/2016
24
The organisation is seeking funding for a Training Director to scale up Startup’s peer mentor training and to expand its work with ‘at risk’ young women aged 16-24. This will strengthen ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Startuponline
£6,300 14/01/2016
purchase of IT and digital equipment for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders in Great Milton
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Startupnow Breaking the Cycle
£10,093 03/08/2015
Reducing re-offending by supporting ex-offenders into self-employment.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Startuponline
£49,846 10/09/2014
Startuponline provides information, advice, training and mentoring support to assist mainly women ex-offenders into self employment. It is seeking core cost funding to assist with its setting up and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Startupnow for Inspirational Women
£272,000 15/08/2012
12
This is a continuation and expansion of an existing project by Startuponline that supports women ex-offenders into self-employment, thereby reducing re-offending and helping to rebuild fractured ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Start-Up Online
£135,000 30/06/2011
Towards core costs to develop the service to ex-offenders wanting to set up their own business.
National Lottery Community Fund - Startupnow for Women
£288,238 10/03/2010
12
This expansion of an existing project aims to support women in prison and ex-offenders to access self-employment.The expanded element will provide ongoing support to beneficiaries in Women's Centres ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2006, number: 1115952
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/06/2006, number: 05834536
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • 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
17 returns made; AR07: 166 days late,
Main office

6 SILVESTER WAY
CHURCH CROOKHAM
FLEET
GU52 0TD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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