Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

OSWIN PROJECTS 

The Trust supports ex-offenders in North East England, by sourcing paid employment and training opportunities in the construction and hospitality industries
Analysis by Giving is Great

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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

WWW.OSWINPROJECT.ORG.UK

FIONA.SAMPLE@OSWINPROJECT.ORG.UK

01670774245

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UN SDGs
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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
30/04/23£666£525£141£0£334£2545.81820
30/04/22£373£418£-45n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/04/21£174£205£-31n/an/an/an/an/a14
30/04/20£280£158£122n/an/an/an/an/a11
30/04/19£68£75£-7n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/04/18£182£63£118£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£61£59£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£38£37£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15*£48£19£28£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Durham, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 20 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
National Lottery Community Fund£135,000
The Badur Foundation£65,700
The Bromley Trust£60,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£38,589
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
AB Charitable Trust£15,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£60,000 30/01/2023
The Oswin Project provides ex-offenders with access to training, volunteering and employment opportunities, alongside a tailored programme of mentoring and support. This is a three year unrestricted ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Oswin Projects
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Oswin Project
£14,000 09/12/2022
Towards the Café & Bakery Manager's salary at the HMP Northumberland site
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Oswin Projects
£15,000 21/04/2022
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. The Oswin Project works creates second chances for ex-offenders through mentoring, training and employment in Northumberland.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Oswin Projects
£1,000 31/03/2022
The delivery costs of the Oswin Mentoring Project in the North East
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Oswin Projects
£10,000 03/03/2022
A Project Coordinator for ex-offenders project in Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Oswin Projects
£1,119 03/02/2022
Supporting the charity's objects
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Oswin Projects
£2,000 27/01/2022
Supporting the charity's objects
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Oswin Projects
£50,000 08/12/2021
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Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Oswin Projects
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Oswin Projects
£18,000 21/10/2021
Salary costs for an Assistant Manager for Café 16 HMPN, a prisoner staffed café in HMP Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Oswin Projects
£5,970 29/07/2021
Purchasing and installing a kitchen canopy for the prisoner-staffed café in HMP Northumberland
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Oswin Projects
£5,000 24/03/2021
Towards core costs of a Mentor Manager role who ensures the continued placement of Oswinners into employment and training, enabling individuals to fulfil their potential and changing lives for them, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 12/02/2021
Cafe 16
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the delivery costs of the Oswin Mentoring Project in the North East
£500 11/02/2021
the delivery costs of the Oswin Mentoring Project in the North East
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Oswin Project
£26,000 18/01/2021
Towards salaries for 2 Oswinners at the new Café 16 in Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - salary costs of employing an ex offender as a maintenance manager
£10,000 08/10/2020
salary costs of employing an ex offender as a maintenance manager
National Lottery Community Fund - The Oswin Project
£125,000 17/12/2019
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The funding will provide training and the opportunity to learn new skills for prisoners who are due to be reintroduced to society in the near future. The aim is to reduce the risk of re-offending, ....more
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Oswin Project
£25,700 29/11/2019
Towards wages and training costs for the Café 16 pilot in HMPN
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentoring Project
£10,000 21/10/2019
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Mentoring Project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - General charitable purposes.
£2,500 02/04/2019
General charitable purposes.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - General charitable purposes
£2,500 04/11/2018
General charitable purposes
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Oswin Projects
£20,000 16/10/2018
purchase of kitchen and bakery equipment for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders in Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Oswinners - Providing garden & other maintenance
£2,823 15/10/2018
Oswinners - Providing garden & other maintenance
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - General charitable purposes
£2,500 21/08/2017
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Reducing re-offending through employment and training
£5,000 16/05/2017
Reducing re-offending through employment and training
Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
£3,261 01/04/2017
Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - The Oswin Project - 2
£52,918 23/03/2017
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Core funding to support the development of a prison cafe over the next three years until it becomes a self-sustaining social enterprise.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2014, number: 1158065
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/04/2012, number: 08021909
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
  • 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
9 returns made; AR15: 17 days late,
Main office

Bothal Castle
Bothal
MORPETH
NE61 6SL

Objectives

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE:5.1 TO ADVANCE THE REHABILITATION OF EX-OFFENDERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MENTORING, ADVICE AND SUPERVISION TO ASSIST THEM TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF REOFFENDING;5.2 TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AMONGST EX-OFFENDERS, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH SOURCING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WORK EXPERIENCE, APPRENTICESHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT;5.3 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE OF EX-OFFENDERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND5.4 TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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