Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

2MAKEIT 

2MAKEIT USES CREATIVE PROGRAMMES TO AID THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS AND EX-PRISONERS, CONTRIBUTING TO REDUCED RE-OFFENDING LEVELS.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£209£32£177n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£45£30£15n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£42£19£23n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£30£20£10n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£10£20£-9n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£22£26£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£25£19£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£65£65£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£37£15£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.2makeit.org

info@2makeit.org

02086431166

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Throughout London, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
National Lottery Community Fund£5,275
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£2,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to 2makeit
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to 2makeit
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of 2makeit
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to 2makeit
£2,400 17/02/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 offender support
£5,275 29/05/2020
7
The funding will be used to deliver an advice and support service for ex-offender. The project aims to provide advice and support alongside a creative outlet for ex-offenders people during the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2014, number: 1157740
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2014, number: 08958828
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR15: 35 days late,
Main office

C/O JACOB CAVENAGH & SKEET
5 ROBIN HOOD LANE
SUTTON
SURREY
SM1 2SW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS IN LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST COMPRISING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, GREATER LONDON, KENT, SURREY, SUSSEX AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS BY PROVIDING EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE WITH A VIEW TO AIDING THEIR REHABILITATION AND HELPING TO PREVENT THEM FROM RE-OFFENDING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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