Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 14

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +14

Overall GiG Score: 23

THE INVOLVE FOUNDATION

Since Involve was founded in 2003 we have worked closely with public organisations at a local, national and international level to transform how they engage with citizens. Our work seeks to create new innovations, new institutions and new norms of democracy. We do this by developing world-class participatory and deliberative processes, and by setting the agenda and building coalitions.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 15 years
(18 years as a company)

www.involve.org.uk

info@involve.org.uk

020 3745 4334

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£2,264	£2,154	£109	£112	£826	£412	2.3	20	0
31/03/22		£1,911	£1,657	£254	£57	£717	£555	4	16	0
31/03/21		£1,663	£1,598	£65	£44	£463	£392	2.9	11	0
31/03/20		£1,863	£1,706	£157	£42	£398	£312	2.2	11	1
31/03/19		£1,063	£1,033	£30	£50	£241	£145	1.7	11	0
31/03/18		£745	£697	£47	£55	£211	£98	1.7	8	0
31/03/17		£410	£480	£-69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£1,403	£1,405	£-2	£16	£232	£228	1.9	18	0
31/03/15		£1,458	£1,314	£143	£19	£234	£219	2	9	0
31/03/14		£430	£438	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£371	£317	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£256	£269	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£316	£317	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£548	£484	£64	£4	£72	£72	1.8	6	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

20 employees

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

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch	£570,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£430,000
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust	£350,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£150,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Local Climate Engagement Initiative,Involve
£70,000	15/01/2024	Project funding to extend the impact of the Local Climate Engagement initiative.
JRSST-CT - Putting citizens at the heart of English Devolution
£19,688	05/10/2023	to develop reform proposals for how participatory and deliberative processes could improve democratic engagement and accountability in English Devolution, and then, to build understanding of and ....more to develop reform proposals for how participatory and deliberative processes could improve democratic engagement and accountability in English Devolution, and then, to build understanding of and support for these proposals amongst key influencers and political leaders
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Involve Foundation
£10,000	27/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Involve Foundation
£250,000	09/06/2022	Testing how local authorities may play a leading role in engaging the public in actions that help the UK reach its climate goals, as part of the global commitment to reach net zero.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Involve Foundation, The
£150,000	27/11/2021	Core costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Involve Foundation
£200,000	20/10/2021 24	Towards project costs engaging local people in climate decision-making.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - The Involve Foundation
£250,000	15/07/2021	Testing how local authorities may play a leading role in engaging the public in actions that help the UK reach its climate goals, as part of the global commitment to reach net zero.
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Democracy Network
£350,000	29/04/2021 36	to establish and coordinate a Network for Democracy across the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Involve Foundation
£20,000	28/04/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Involve Foundation
£200,000	25/09/2019 9	Towards the costs of running a citizens’ assembly to engage people to formulate recommendations for decision-makers to secure a pathway to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
DCMS - The Innovation in Democracy Programme
£300,000	01/04/2019	IiDP will involve citizens in decision making at local government level through innovative models of participatory democracy. DCMS will be providing funding and support to 8 local authorities to ....more IiDP will involve citizens in decision making at local government level through innovative models of participatory democracy. DCMS will be providing funding and support to 8 local authorities to pilot opportunities to open up some of their policy decisions to citizen deliberation. As part of the programme, the Democracy Support Contractor (DSC), Involve et al., will make funding available to the eight selected local authorities and will make payments for the benefits of all LAs, supporting the delivery of the citizens' assemblies.
DCMS - The Innovation in Democracy Programme
£300,000	15/02/2019	IiDP will involve citizens in decision making at local government level through innovative models of participatory democracy. DCMS will be providing funding and support to 8 local authorities to ....more IiDP will involve citizens in decision making at local government level through innovative models of participatory democracy. DCMS will be providing funding and support to 8 local authorities to pilot opportunities to open up some of their policy decisions to citizen deliberation. As part of the programme, the Democracy Support Contractor (DSC), Involve et al., will make funding available to the eight selected local authorities and will make payments for the benefits of all LAs, supporting the delivery of the citizens' assemblies.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Involve Foundation, The
£150,000	01/12/2018 36	Core costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Involve Foundation
£40,000	05/11/2018 12	Towards the costs of a programme that promotes the merits of stronger participative democracy in the form of citizen juries and assemblies.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Citizens' Assembly for Northern Ireland
£20,000	02/07/2018 7	Involve is a public participation charity that aims to put people at the heart of decision-making. This grant will support Involve to establish a Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland to help ....more Involve is a public participation charity that aims to put people at the heart of decision-making. This grant will support Involve to establish a Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland to help break the stalemate on contested policy issues and provide a model for addressing similar situations in future.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Involve Foundation
£60,000	01/03/2018 6	Towards a contribution to the costs of organising and delivering a Citizens’ assembly to improve policy and engage the public to a greater degree in the political process.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Involve
£60,000	15/07/2017 18	Core Costs
Nesta - AR00222
£10,000	18/08/2016 10	Public and Social Innovation: General Code programme grant to Involve Grant Ref AR00222
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Open Government Audit
£15,000	10/05/2016 9	The Open Government Partnership is a global effort to make governments better by promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption, and harnessing new technologies to strengthen ....more The Open Government Partnership is a global effort to make governments better by promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption, and harnessing new technologies to strengthen governance. The grant will support the Open Government Audit, which aims to engage civil society in auditing the openness of UK government and agreeing the advocacy priorities of the next cycle of the Open Government Network.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-67

ANDREW CAVE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Consultant

CLAIRE ALEXANDRA AINSLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Director

DELAWEH HAMELO-MENSAH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Finance, Other trusteeship: LIVERPOOL HOPE STUDENTS' UNION,

DR HANNAH JILL WHITE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

DR TEMIDAYO OLUWASEUN ESEONU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Services

EDWARD RAWSON COX (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Director, Other trusteeship: LEVENSHULME INSPIRE FOUNDATION,

KATHRYN LAUREL JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

PAUL JACK BRAITHWAITE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker

SHARON DENISE SQUIRES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/07/2009, number: 1130568
Registered at Companies House on 09/01/2006, number: 05669443

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR13: 8 days late,

Main office

OXFORD HOUSE
DERBYSHIRE STREET
LONDON
E2 6HG

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN METHODS AND PROCESSES OF PUBLICPARTICIPATION AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE;3.2 TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ENCOURAGING ANDFACILITATING PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC IN DEMOCRATIC AND DECISION MAKINGPROCESSES WITH AN INTENDED OUTCOME OF ENABLING PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIRCAPACITIES, HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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