Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 5

FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE

Foundation for Change works with people affected by substance misuse. A main aim of the organisation is supporting our service-users to integrate and engage in society from a fresh perspective, achieved through education. We aim for individuals to feel more informed, less helpless, and better empowered in their lives as opposed to being dependent on intervention from treatment services.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 10 years

www.foundationforchange.org.uk

info@foundationforchange.org.uk

02034901818

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£160	£261	£-100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22	£219	£174	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21	£246	£173	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20	£151	£195	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19	£180	£141	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18	£169	£130	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£122	£80	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£70	£87	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£62	£30	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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

Henry Smith Charity	£180,000
DCMS	£69,148
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£17,133
Co-Operative Group	£6,426
London Catalyst	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Change
£1,040	21/10/2023	We would like to provide a Psychology for Change course to support people, who are often isolated, to understand their addiction within the context of social inequality.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Foundation for Change
£180,000	07/12/2021 36	towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing courses and programmes for people living in Inner London who are long term unemployed and have a history of substance misuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Foundation for Change Premises Refurb
£3,513	21/05/2021	The funding will be used to refurbish office space. The project aims to improve the environment for when face to face interaction re-commences.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	26/03/2021	Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Change
£5,386	24/10/2020	We seek funding to contribute towards the cost of local residents being able to access our life-changing course – Psychology for Change.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£69,148	11/08/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Foundation for Change Development Grant
£13,620	21/02/2020 5	The funding will be used by Foundation for Change to expand their reach beyond tackling addiction and substance misuse issues, and to develop monitoring and evaluation systems. This will enable the ....more The funding will be used by Foundation for Change to expand their reach beyond tackling addiction and substance misuse issues, and to develop monitoring and evaluation systems. This will enable the charity to ensure that their approach is effective and can be replicated.
London Catalyst - Foundation for Change - 1
£2,500	05/12/2019	Clothing for Change - facilitating self-discovery and personal growth through the craft of sewing
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	18/10/2018	Foundation for Change
National Lottery Community Fund - Clothing for Change
£9,940	05/10/2018 12	The project will deliver sewing and craft sessions for people with addictions. The aim is to improve employment opportunities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Foundation for Change
£95,000	12/09/2018 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing courses and programmes for people in inner London who are long term unemployed and have a history of substance misuse
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Foundation for Change
£5,661	29/11/2017	Help Foundation for Change raise funds to support people with histories of drug and alcohol misuse to change their lives through education

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLINE EAST Appointed: 2017

CAROLINE SIMMONS Appointed: 2016

CLIFFORD ATKINS Appointed: 2018

ELEANOR BESLEY-GOULD (Chair) Appointed: 2016

MATT CLACK Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2014, number: 1156575

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
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

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

119 Shoreditch High Street
Shoreditch
LONDON
E1 6JN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY*.*FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; BEING A CARER FOR A FAMILY MEMBER AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY:A)INCREASING EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING PROSPECTS THROUGH TRAINING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FOR ANY OF THE REASONS IDENTIFIED ABOVE.B)PROVIDING EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE TO PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOCIALLY EXCLUDED INDIVIDUALS, FOR ANY OF THE REASONS IDENTIFIED ABOVE, FOR THE AIM OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE IDENTIFIED AS SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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