Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE BENJAMIN FOUNDATION 

Our aim is to provide high quality services and opportunities that significantly improve the lives of vulnerable children and young people. We provide advice, support, counselling, information, supported accommodation, positive activities, parenting support, out of school and youth projects and re-use schemes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 16 years
(24 years as a company)

www.benjaminfoundation.co.uk

info@benjaminfoundation.co.uk

01603615670

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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£7,971£8,139£-169£1,349£1,960£1,8622.72375
31/03/22£7,378£7,352£26£1,162£2,128£2,0063.32375
31/03/21*£6,573£6,275£298£815£2,102£2,0133.823715
31/03/20£6,429£6,166£263£900£1,804£1,6363.223622
31/03/19£6,161£5,771£390£124£1,541£1,4833.1234135
31/03/18£6,141£6,119£23£685£1,151£1,04122410
31/03/17£5,774£5,858£-84£553£1,121£1,0062.12280
31/03/16£5,553£5,508£45£37£1,212£1,1492.52010
31/03/15£5,276£4,891£386£12£1,207£1,1772.91450
31/03/14£4,749£4,430£319£26£781£7572.11760
31/03/13£3,451£3,548£-97£22£463£4621.61660
31/03/12£2,596£2,718£-122£15£560£5602.5700
31/03/11£2,588£2,520£68£15£681£6813.2460
31/03/10£1,894£1,837£58£10£613£6134890
31/03/09£1,390£1,345£45£10£556£5565540

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 237 employees
  • 5 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
OVO Foundation£229,263
The Earl of Northampton's Charity£99,000
National Lottery Community Fund£35,746
DCMS£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to The Benjamin Foundation
£99,000 29/06/2023
Thetford Meet Up youth and community service that tackles significant community wellbeing issues, inequalities, mental health, and social problems.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 20/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 22/04/2022
Thetford Meet Up
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£15,194 10/11/2021
A grant to support young carers in Norfolk through respite activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - North West Norfolk - Youth Work
£9,786 05/03/2021
11
The funding will be used to expand youth work in the town to cope with increased demand for support due to the Covid-19 pandemic and social isolation. The project aims to improve young people’s ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 01/09/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 28/05/2020
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
OVO Foundation - Future Builders - Norfolk
£229,263 11/11/2019
Future Builders helps break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young people with the training and skills they need to live and work independently. This grant supported the launch of the project ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Norfolk Trauma Forum (Development Grant)
£25,960 30/05/2019
12
This partnership will use funding to develop new services in Norfolk aimed at both preventing and overcoming adverse childhood experiences.
Essex Community Foundation - Private Sector Liaison (East) (TBC)
£50,000 01/03/2019
23
To employ a Private Sector Liaison Worker for two years, working between two recently merged charities and boosting shared housing options for 16-30 year olds in the Great Yarmouth area
LandAid Charitable Trust - Refurb of 15-bed unit
£74,879 26/10/2018
6
The work involves several areas of refurbishment to a 15 unit supported accommodation service for 16-25 year old homeless young people. We aim to support the young people in a safe, secure, warm and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Meet Up
£382,520 01/10/2018
36
This project offers a community resource and service provision centre with the goal of enabling positive, lasting and substantial change in the community. Through youth clubs, parent support groups, ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Time for You
£10,080 30/11/2017
4
Towards expanding the delivery of the Time for You service in Suffolk providing children and young people with access to social and emotional well being support.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Benjamin's Buddies
£4,822 10/10/2017
12
Towards the 'Benjamin Buddy' scheme for young people living in The Benjamin Foundation's supported accommodation units in Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Meet Up
£459,177 21/08/2014
48
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Meet Up
£436,688 13/04/2011
48
This existing project runs a youth centre in Thetford, Norfolk. The project runs out of a previously abandoned community centre and operates a range of youth services along with a community café. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-56
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/07/2008, number: 1124936
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/08/1999, number: 03825425
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR21: 3 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PATCHWORK CHILDCARE on 28/01/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE EAST ANGLIA ANCHORAGE TRUST on 07/09/2021
  • Asset transfer in from TAS VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUP on 25/01/2023
Main office

23-27 ST ANDREWS STREET
NORWICH
NR2 4TP

Objectives

1. PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORFOLK, SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS2. THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORFOLK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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