Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

DIANA AWARD

The Diana Award is a legacy to Princess Diana?s belief that young people have the power to change the world . Our aims are to: empower young people to achieve their full potential, engage them in social action and encourage them for their contribution. We achieve these aims though four core programmes which focuses on Antibullying, Social Mobility, Mentoring and an Award Scheme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£2,638£2,368£270£88£913£2341.2496,000
31/03/22£2,167£2,018£149£105£644£2151.3452,500
31/03/21£1,323£1,321£2£107£495£1221.1236,000
31/03/20£1,610£1,648£-38£99£493£40336,000
31/03/19£1,637£1,563£74£78£531£570.4361,000
31/03/18£1,448£1,502£-54£7£457£890.7330
31/03/17£1,054£1,001£53£6£511£2493180
31/03/16£943£853£91£6£458£3575170
31/03/15£735£697£37£16£367£981.7140
31/03/14£722£582£140£19£330£781.6120
31/03/13£412£527£-114n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£697£652£45£11£304£2644.9100
31/03/11£603£530£73£14£259£330.7100
31/03/10£615£587£29£26£186£1563.280
31/03/09£558£529£29£8£157£300.770
31/03/08£486£454£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 18 years

www.diana-award.org.uk

info@diana-award.org.uk

020 3934 2160

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£472,251
Spirit of 2012£200,000
DCMS£98,800
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£49,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Forward Youth Partnership
£374,291 14/01/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a refreshed youth focused project to young people across England. This will be delivered in Partnership with Young Advisors & Beatfreeks. The partnership will focus on developing The Diana Award’s 5 year ....more
Spirit of 2012 - #YoungAndBlack Changemakers
£200,000 07/07/2021
A programme of anti-racist social action, disseminating learnings across the youth sector, formal education sector, clinical settings and policy arenas. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 London Community Response Renewal Grant - Wave 5
£49,400 23/02/2021
12
To support the organisation's mentoring programme to support young people across London over the next 12 months.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£98,800 02/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Diana Award COVID-19 Support
£97,960 28/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to run a 2-strand digital care package. The project aims to support adults with a responsibility for vulnerable young people and training and mentoring support for young people. Among other they will provide online training ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Diana Award - Youth Voice Pilot Project 2019 (Development Grant)
£50,000 29/03/2019
12
The Diana Award - Youth Voice Pilot Project 2019
Department for Education - Mental Health And Bullying
£67,250 01/04/2018
We provided funding to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups such as those with SEND and those who are victims of hate related to bullying, along with a ....more
Department for Education - Mental Health And Bullying
£67,250 01/04/2018
We provided funding to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups such as those with SEND and those who are victims of hate related to bullying, along with a ....more
Department for Education - Mental Health And Bullying
£95,250 01/04/2018
We provided funding to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups such as those with SEND and those who are victims of hate related to bullying, along with a ....more
Department for Education - Mental Health And Bullying
£95,250 01/04/2018
We provided funding to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups such as those with SEND and those who are victims of hate related to bullying, along with a ....more
Dulverton Trust - The Diana Award Mentoring Programme
£30,000 14/06/2017
The Diana Award Mentoring Programme
Comic Relief - Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Programme
£149,813 16/03/2016
36
Bullying in schools and clubs is a rising problem, particularly online, and the effects can last a lifetime. In Northern Ireland there is little support for schools to support pupils. A grant will enable Diana Award to introduce its Anti-Bullying ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Diana Award
£30,000 11/06/2015
24
towards two years' running costs of a mentoring programme for at risk young people in the London Borough of Newham
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 23-67
  • DANIEL LAWES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student
  • DR ELIZABETH MILOVIDOV Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • DR MARTIN EDOBOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Medical Doctor
  • FAHAN IBRAHIM-HASHI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Associate, Investment Banking
  • JAMES CROZIER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Banking
  • LINDSAY SARTORI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Chartered Accountant
  • MARGARET MANNING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • MARK MCLANE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Diversity And Inclusion Global Strategist
  • PATRICIA KANE OBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Education Consultant
  • REBECCA CROOK (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Growth Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2006, number: 1117288
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/2006, number: 05739137
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

33 Queen Street
London
EC4R 1AP

Objectives

FOR SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN LAW AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY SHALL DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO ADVANCE PROMOTE AND FOSTER EDUCATION, CITIZENSHIP AND LEARNING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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