Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT 

Mission:

Support young people in becoming leaders to help them improve their lives and the lives of people in their communities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 15 years

www.restlessdevelopment.org

info@restlessdevelopment.org

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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
30/09/22£8,729£8,983£-254£633£2,666£8291.127210
30/09/21£8,066£7,830£236£216£2,978£7931.223510
30/09/20£10,753£10,971£-218£334£2,872£9411391163
30/09/19£12,459£12,447£12£303£3,303£1,4241.4338360
30/09/18£12,642£12,270£372£302£3,161£1,2411.2378310
30/09/17£14,836£16,189£-1,353£159£3,011£1,41214510
30/09/16£14,730£13,977£753£156£4,482£2,1891.94060
30/09/15£15,655£14,713£942£93£3,553£1,9341.63060
30/09/14£10,173£9,515£657£157£2,613£1,0251.32940
30/09/13£8,897£8,707£189£55£2,027£1,0151.42680
30/09/12£8,244£7,850£395£74£1,981£9681.52330
30/09/11£6,691£5,986£706£21£1,586£7521.52520
30/09/10£5,064£5,498£-434£67£880£3040.72310
30/09/09£4,407£4,457£-50£51£211£2110.61940

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 31%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT is an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to "place young people at the forefront of development" and has been operating since 1985.
Who works here?
  • 272 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Throughout England, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

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
Dulverton Trust£35,000
The Blagrave Trust£30,400
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office£8,694
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Exit Costs for UK Aid Connect
£8,694 01/04/2021
UK Aid Connect is designed to create the form of civil society that DFID needs to meet its objectives and the form of civil society the future requires. By creating diverse coalitions to address ....more
Dulverton Trust - COVID Resilience Funding
£35,000 21/10/2020
COVID Resilience Funding
The Blagrave Trust - COP26 advocacy w UKYCC
£30,400 26/03/2020
Focused on formal routes to influence, this proposal combines funding for Restless Development to provide expert support to the UK Youth Climate Coalition (a volunteer, youth-led campaigning group) ....more
Comic Relief - Youth-led action research into adolescents' malaria knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in Port Loko
£268,510 19/07/2017
24
The project will train young people to research why young people do not protect themselves against or seek treatment for malaria. Young people will identify and test their own low-cost, sustainable, ....more
ZING - Entrepreneur Panel programme and M-Saathi mobile application
£20,900 01/07/2016
12
Funding towards the Entrepreneur Panel and the M-Saathi mobile app
Dulverton Trust - Sustainable Livelihoods for Karamojong Youth
£30,000 21/10/2015
Sustainable Livelihoods for Karamojong Youth
Samworth Foundation - Women & Violence
£90,000 17/09/2015
36
To provide greater support to women and girls who are abused and/or living with HIV/AIDS.
ZING - Entrepreneur Panel programme funding
£10,000 01/09/2015
12
Funding to support the Entrepreneur Panel programme
Samworth Foundation - Women & Violence
£90,000 31/08/2015
To provide greater support to women and girls who are abused and/or living with HIV/AIDS.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Leaders Today for Tomorrow!
£504,699 22/12/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Sexual and Reproductive Health for Karamoja Youth
£498,116 19/03/2014
36
This project based in 16 parishes across the Moroto and Napak districts of the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda, builds on Restless Development's Youth Empowerment Programme , and focuses on increasing ....more
ZING - Technology project funding
£30,000 01/01/2014
Funding for the priority projects outlined in Technology Road Map
ZING - Technology strategy and roadmap
£10,000 01/06/2013
Development of a technology strategy and a roadmap
ZING - Tanzania online recruitment feasibility study
£25,000 01/01/2012
Feasibility study into commercial and social value of an online recruitment platform to match Restless Development alumni with opportunities in the burgeoning private sector in Tanzania.
Samworth Foundation - Education & Vocational Training
£146,242 01/09/2011
A roll out of a current successful pilot project to provide traditional education to secondary level children combined with life skills and income support training.
ZING - Uganda capacity building programme
£50,000 01/07/2011
Funds for a ground-breaking Capacity Building Programme which will be piloted initially in Uganda.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 21-54
  • AMISA RASHID Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Programmes & Policy
Isabella is Joint-CEO of Here for Good, a legal charity she co-founded in February 2018 to provide free immigration advice to European citizens and their family members post-Brexit. She also works as an asylum and human rights lawyer for the charity Safe Passage, which reunites unaccompanied children and young asylum-seekers with their family....more
  • EDLEEN JOHN Appointed: 2020 Occupation: Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging & Culture Expert & Consultant
Edleen John FCIPD is a multi-award-winning Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging & Culture Expert & Consultant.  She is a British-born Sierra Leonean, who grew up in South-East London after moving back to the UK as a toddler. After completing her studies at Cambridge University, Edleen started her career as an Investment Banker at Lehman....more
  • ESHBAN KWESIGA Appointed: 2023 Occupation: International Development Professional
  • JENNY WILSON Appointed: 2018 Occupation: Communications Officer for the United Nations World Food Programme
Jenny is a Communications Officer for the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome. She has previously worked for The Climate Coalition and Christian Aid on campaign delivery and global communications. Her first experience with Restless was as a team leader on an ICS project in Uganda in 2016. She has also volunteered in Nicaragua with Raleigh....more
  • LUCINDA MOORE Appointed: 2019 Occupation: Chartered Management Accountent
Lucinda is a chartered management accountant with experience working on international financial planning and analysis across both the commercial and public sectors. She currently leads the budgeting and forecasting processes for the Legal Aid Agency within the Ministry of Justice. Lucinda has a MSci in Systems Biology from Homerton College,....more
  • PAUL WAFER Appointed: 2018 Occupation: International Development policy
Paul is a senior leader with over 20 years’ experience in the international development sector that has encompassed work with the UK government, the UN and NGOs. More than half of that time has been spent living and working overseas – in Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe. Before joining Crown Agents two years ago, Paul worked at the....more
Tom is a Senior Campaign Strategist at Greenpeace International. He develops, builds and implements international campaigns with teams around the world, leading Greenpeace’s work relating to whales, ocean sanctuaries and the poles. Much of his spare time is taken up with activism, and volunteer or advisory board roles with human rights,....more
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2009, number: 1127488
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/11/2008, number: 06741123
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Restless Development
Fourth Floor, 35-41 Lower Marsh
LONDON
SE1 7RL

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND COUNTRIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHEREB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE C) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT OF PEOPLE IN NEED OVERSEAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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