Overall GiG Score: -1 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

CHILDREN'S RADIO FOUNDATION UK LIMITED 

The Children's Radio Foundation uses radio to create opportunities for youth-led issue-based dialogue, participation, leadership, and active citizenship in communities across Africa. It is guided by a vision of young people across Africa shaping their own futures and strengthening themselves, their schools, and their communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 15 years

www.childrensradiofoundation.org

info@childrensradiofoundation.org

0345 222 9222

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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
31/12/22£14£31£-16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£29£58£-29n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£61£94£-33n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£61£10£51n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£67£56£11£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£84£118£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£176£224£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£158£217£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£227£80£147£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£112£116£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12?£67£47£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Congo (Democratic Republic), Ivory Coast, Oxfordshire, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Indigo Trust - Organisational anti-sexual harassment policy
£5,609 20/02/2019
To help develop and embed an anti-sexual harassment policy.
Indigo Trust - Organisational anti-sexual harassment policy
£5,609 20/02/2019
To help develop and embed an anti-sexual harassment policy.
Comic Relief - Future Positive: Youth Radio Dialogues to reduce risk of HIV among adolescents in South Africa
£320,000 27/09/2017
36
While AIDS-related deaths are declining globally and significantly there has been a 50% increase in the deaths of adolescents (WHO 2013). Adolescents in South Africa are still more likely to die from ....more
Staples Trust - Core costs - Liberia project
£2,500 14/03/2017
Towards core costs on the Liberia project.
Indigo Trust - Community Action Toolkit to help youth engage with local leaders
£5,000 10/06/2015
To produce and disseminate a Community Action Toolkit which enables their youth community radio reporters and members of other civil society organisations to engage with local leaders and other ....more
Staples Trust - To be used at discretion - Ebola in Liberia or core costs
£5,000 18/03/2015
To be used at the organisation’s discretion; either towards the Ebola education initiative in Liberia or core costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-74
  • SAM BONHAM Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Radio Producer And Presenter
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2008, number: 1127219
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/07/2008, number: 06642273
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR09: 252 days late,
Main office

Radio Workshop
7 Albert Buildings
49 Queen Victoria Street
LONDON
EC4N 4SA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED OR AFFECTED BY POVERTY, ILLNESS OR CIVIL CONFLICT BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMING AND QUALITY CONTENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINDED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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