Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WORKING CHANCE LTD 

Working Chance helps women with convictions to develop the confidence, skills and self-belief they need to overcome any barriers to their employment, find jobs and build careers. The charity also works to educate and inspire employers to embrace inclusive hiring.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 15 years
(16 years as a company)

www.workingchance.org

info@workingchance.org

020 7278 1532

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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£629£829£-201£48£790£79011.41512
31/08/22£896£933£-38£67£990£98512.71720
31/08/21£856£845£11£70£1,028£1,02714.6178
31/08/20£933£687£246£25£1,017£1,01517.7130
31/08/19£766£712£54£26£771£75612.7125
31/08/18£785£668£117£12£668£66812120
31/08/17£823£1,176£-353£11£551£5515.6190
31/08/16£996£962£35£18£904£90411.3210
31/08/15£1,151£729£422£0£870£84113.8160
31/08/14£768£562£206£0£448£3988.5110
31/08/13£543£453£90£1£242£1624.3100
31/08/12£375£279£96£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£242£212£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10*£111£87£24£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 5.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 12 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£130,000
Ministry of Justice£84,658
Esmee Fairbairn£25,570
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding
£24,658 01/04/2022
To further increase the sustainability of the sector, and to provide funding for services and interventions.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 29/10/2021
Core Costs
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Funding
£60,000 03/02/2021
The womens community sector grants scheme offers £2.5 million in funding for core costs to promote greater financial stability throughout the sector.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Working Chance
£25,570 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Working Chance Limited
£25,000 24/03/2020
Salary of Head of Recruitment, Training and Support - helping women ex-offenders and care leavers to find employment
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Working Chance
£9,500 13/12/2019
purchase of a computer, ipads, projector and furniture for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders nationally
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£80,000 28/05/2019
Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Working Chance
£50,000 13/02/2019
37
Recruitment Outreach; Employment and support for women
Dulverton Trust - Supporting female ex-offenders into employment
£35,000 25/10/2018
Supporting female ex-offenders into employment
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Working Chance Limited
£38,400 07/12/2017
24
Towards a contribution to the salary of the Head of Office – Manchester, for a restorative Recruitment Consultancy that supports women ex-offenders and care leavers.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Working Chance
£75,000 30/11/2017
36
Working Chance supports women offenders and care leavers to become employment ready and to move into suitable work. It is seeking funding towards rent and client travel costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Working Chance
£117,000 20/09/2017
36
£117,000 over three years (£35,000, £40,500, £41,500) for one FT Recruitment Coach and associated project costs for work with Londoners.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 13/07/2017
Working Chance - Expansion to the North West
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Working Chance
£149,114 12/10/2016
36
Towards the post of Employer Engagement Lead to create greater recruitment opportunities for women ex-offenders and young women leaving care.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Working Chance
£120,000 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a recruitment agency for women with criminal convictions in London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Working Chance
£105,000 11/07/2014
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the senior recruitment consultant's salary at an organisation supporting women offenders into employment across London and the South East
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Futures
£487,902 20/03/2014
36
This is a continuation and expansion of a BIG funded project, Transitions, by Working Chance Limitewhich will transform more women ex-offendersÂ’ lives by improving their life chances and social ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Working Chance
£33,000 29/01/2014
Working Chance provides employment support to women ex-offenders in London to help them gain appropriate sustainable employment. This grant will support the employment of a recruitment consultant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Working Chance
£234,200 13/09/2012
Towards core costs to continue to provide support into employment for women with experience of the criminal justice system, and awareness-raising for employers, of the needs of this group.
National Lottery Community Fund - Transitions for Women - realising potential through volunteering (Transitio
£479,070 10/03/2010
48
This project aims to engage women offenders in employment, training and education, in particular those coming to the end of their sentences where the project will act as a stepping stone to a better ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Working Chance
£60,000 15/09/2009
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of the employer liaison officer and a contribution towards core costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-71
  • RENATA GRAVER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Charity Retail Shops
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2009, number: 1131802
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/08/2007, number: 06331809
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
14 returns made; AR10: 24 days late,
Main office

CLAREMONT BUILDING
24-27 WHITE LION STREET
LONDON
N1 9PD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EX-OFFENDERS, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY (THE OBJECTS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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