Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

R-EVOLUTION

R-evolution supports people from deprived backgrounds through work experience, life coaching and accredited training in bike maintenance and horticulture - helping trainees into work. Also providing refurbished bikes and delivering projects to help with the cost of living increase active travel, wellbeing and exercise. Recycling and carbon reduction are at the heart of our organisation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Over half the Board have joined recently

Established: 9 years

www.r-evolution.org.uk

info@r-evolution.org.uk

01482 844422

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£915	£864	£51	£0	£570	£520	7.2	22	6
31/03/22	£885	£630	£255	£0	£519	£368	7	22	5
31/03/21	£391	£308	£83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20	£316	£263	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19	£257	£184	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/18	£168	£152	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£77	£72	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£92	£70	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 7.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

22 employees
6 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	£480,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Sport England	£9,960

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	28/05/2021	R-evolution Horticulture Training Programme
Sport England - R-evolution Cycle Academy - Hull and East Yorkshire
£9,960	27/04/2021 30	Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled R-evolution Cycle Academy - Hull and East Yorkshire. This project is a Cycling project, with ....more Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled R-evolution Cycle Academy - Hull and East Yorkshire. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - R-evolution
£480,000	25/01/2021 48	The organisation aims to develop skills and opportunities for people facing multiple disadvantages such as being in prison homelessness mental health issues and unemployment whilst also tackling ....more The organisation aims to develop skills and opportunities for people facing multiple disadvantages such as being in prison homelessness mental health issues and unemployment whilst also tackling local skills gaps by helping utilise the strengths and assets of people affected by disadvantage. Funding for the organisation will allow them to continue to support people within the Hull East riding and North Lincs areas through offering skills based training volunteer opportunities and life coaching.
The Fore - Grant to R-evolution
£29,900	01/04/2019 24	R-Evolution provides training and life-coaching to disadvantaged and unemployed individuals in Hull and East Yorkshire. The model is highly effective at getting people into work. Trainees include ....more R-Evolution provides training and life-coaching to disadvantaged and unemployed individuals in Hull and East Yorkshire. The model is highly effective at getting people into work. Trainees include those with mental health problems, ex-offenders, the homeless, refugees and the long term unemployed. The training is based on filling skills gaps in the local economy; especially in light engineering, horticulture and construction. Its main programme is a three-month course in cycle mechanics, which provides a City and Guild qualification and extensive life coaching. The Fore funded R-Evolution to create a new horticulture training programme. This will more than double the number of people it trains and its earned income within two years.
The Fore - Grant to R-Evolution
£29,900	29/03/2019 24	The Fore funded R-Evolution to create a new horticulture training programme. This will more than double the number of people it trains and its earned income within two years.
Sport England - R-evolution Junior Race Academy
£9,960	20/03/2019 7	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled R-evolution Junior Race Academy. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - R-evolution Horticulture Project
£10,000	14/02/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver training in gardening skills for vulnerable individuals in the community. This will provide them with qualified skills and raise aspirations.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to R-evolution
£22,526	25/07/2018 12	This request would enable the charity to develop, trial and evaluate an in-depth holistic model of support by embedding a life coaching element into their work.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to R-evolution
£15,000	09/11/2016 12	The charity are being funded to increase staff hours as well as engage consultancy support to strengthen their governance and infrastructure in order to develop & expand services to ex-offenders
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the cycle refurbishment training workshop
£1,000	04/11/2016	Towards the cycle refurbishment training workshop in Hull for ex-offenders.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a cycle initiative, training prisoners to refurbish bikes
£1,000	09/02/2015	Towards a cycle initiative, training prisoners to refurbish bikes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifecycle
£10,000	04/02/2015 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN SANDRA SIMMONS Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE CHILDREN'S LITERACY TRUST,

CARL SKELTON Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: KINGSTON UPON HULL AND EAST RIDING GROUP OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS,

DIANNE ROBERTS Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS,

HELEN LOUISE WATSON Appointed: 2023

JOHN DERRICK HOLLAND Appointed: 2023

PETER EDWIN BROWN (Chair) Appointed: 2016

TAMSIN HELENA DANIEL Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/01/2015, number: 1159808

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

R-Evolution
Station Road
COTTINGHAM
HU16 4LL

Objectives

‘To develop the capacity and skills of the general community including people from disadvantaged backgrounds, primarily in the Yorkshire and Humber area, in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society’.‘The relief of financial hardship, primarily in the Yorkshire and Humber area, by the provision of goods and services’.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER AREA

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