Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +8

    THE CHILDREN'S LITERACY CHARITY 

    The Children's Literacy Charity (formerly Springboard for Children) works within schools and communities, providing an onsite Literacy Lab for children with literacy difficulties. This creates a stable and dedicated environment where our specialist staff and trained volunteers can teach essential literacy skills that will enable them to fulfil their academic potential.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
    Established: 16 years

    www.thechildrensliteracycharity.org.uk

    info@theclc.org.uk

    02077401008

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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
    31/08/23£628£538£90£101£405£4059292
    31/08/22£481£468£12n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/08/21£432£372£61n/an/an/an/an/a12
    31/08/20£486£439£47n/an/an/an/an/a16
    31/08/19£595£697£-102£137£195£1883.24438
    31/08/18£490£575£-85£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/17£608£586£21£85£382£3577.3410
    31/08/16£659£658£1£50£361£3616.6290
    31/08/15£627£724£-97£82£360£3606300
    31/08/14£708£730£-22£84£457£4577.5220
    31/08/13£654£722£-69£110£479£4798220
    31/08/12£700£706£-5£93£548£5489.3160
    31/08/11£641£711£-71£110£553£5539.3150
    31/08/10£713£711£1£121£624£62410.5160
    31/08/09£720£678£42£137£622£62211160

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.1%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.7%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 23%
    Liabilities/Income: 19%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.4
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Education/Training
    Who works here?
    • 29 employees
    • 2 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    How it operates
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Manchester City, Throughout London,

    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
    Walcot Foundation£85,584
    Masonic Trust£64,368
    Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
    The Grocers' Charity£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
    £3,000 18/11/2022
    Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
    Walcot Foundation - Expert Literacy Lab Progamme in Lambeth
    £57,584 24/05/2022
    The Children's Literacy Chairty (CLC) is requesting funding toward a dedicated 'Literacy Lab' in both Heathbrook and Julian's Primaries. In total the project will create 12 Lab places within each ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £25,000 07/01/2022
    Expert Literacy Labs
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £25,000 18/12/2020
    Expert Literacy Labs
    Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
    £64,368 14/10/2020
    A grant to support children who are behind at school in London through literacy tutoring.
    The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Children's Literacy Charity
    £5,000 24/04/2020
    Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
    Walcot Foundation - Expert Programme in Lambeth
    £25,000 17/03/2020
    12
    Expert Programme in Lambeth
    Wates Foundation - The Children's Literacy Charity
    £5,000 10/09/2019
    The Children’s Literacy Charity is seeking funding to support our ‘Expert’ literacy programme in three primary schools in Southwark (Oliver Goldsmiths, Hollydale School, and Camelot School) ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Harlesden Community Literacy Lab
    £10,000 14/12/2018
    12
    The project will establish a learning literacy hub that will be delivered to children who are underperforming in education. The aim is to offer early intervention and support learning.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £50,000 05/12/2018
    Expert' one-to-one literacy interventions in support of a minimum of 72 disadvantaged and underachieving children from deprived areas of Lambeth.
    The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
    £5,000 04/12/2018
    Through our Community Literacy Lab, disadvantaged children who are struggling with their literacy skills (reading, writing, speaking & listening) will be able to access our specialist, one-to-one ....more
    Walcot Foundation - 'Expert' Project to support 28 disadvantaged Lambeth children
    £25,000 17/07/2018
    12
    'Expert' Project to support 28 disadvantaged Lambeth children
    The Childhood Trust - CLL for disadvantaged children 2017
    £6,250 05/12/2017
    Disadvantaged primary aged children in a deprived area of London will be supported in closing their literacy gap via our one-to-one community based intervention delivered outside of schools hours. ....more
    United Saviours Charity - Literacy Lab
    £4,000 11/10/2017
    9
    Literacy Lab project to enable 24 local primary school children to achieve their age related literacy levels.
    Walcot Foundation - One-to-one literacy intervention
    £22,683 18/07/2017
    12
    One-to-one literacy intervention
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Children's Literacy Charity
    £40,000 09/03/2017
    Main Grant unrestricted core costs
    Walcot Foundation - Intensive literacy tuition
    £25,200 17/11/2015
    12
    Intensive literacy tuition
    Walcot Foundation - Intensive Literacy Tuition
    £45,000 17/07/2012
    Intensive Literacy Tuition
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 39-75
    • NICOLE MAGOON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Partner At Bain & Company
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/05/2008, number: 1124257
    • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2007, number: 06251103
    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
    • 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
    15 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Conrad Court
    Cary Avenue
    London
    SE16 7EJ

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT IN ENGLAND TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE NEEDING EXTRA HELP IN LITERACY SKILLS, INCLUDING THOSE CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, AND TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO PROVIDE SUCH SUPPORT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    ENGLAND

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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