Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

IT'S A PENALTY 

FUNDRAISING TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM EXPLOITATION, ABUSE AND/OR ALLEVIATING CHILD POVERTY IN CITIES HOSTING SPORTING EVENTS AND ELSEWHERE;GRANTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN CITIES HOSTING SPORTING EVENTS AND ELSEWHERE;CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD EXPLOITATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENACTMENT, STRENGTHENING AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION GLOBALLY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 9 years

www.itsapenalty.org

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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
30/09/23£520£487£33£0£33£330.823
30/09/22£746£724£23£132£64£641.114
30/09/21£938£910£28£50£42£420.513
30/09/20*£1,029£1,054£-26£137£14£140.213
30/09/19£478£494£-17n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/09/18£206£205£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£355£302£53£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£228£225£3£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 2 employees
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/04/2022
Student Ambassadors Network Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Student Ambassadors Network programme
£9,000 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to train university students to research design and deliver a range of different awareness campaigns tackling issues of modern slavery. The project which will be delivered ....more
Comic Relief - It's a Penalty Campaign
£120,000 15/03/2017
24
This It's a Penalty (IAP)campaign aims to discourage possible perpetrators of sexual abuse against children, who may be travelling to major sporting events over the next three years. The ultimate ....more
Comic Relief - It’s a Penalty Campaign – Rio 2016
£50,000 30/09/2015
12
In 2011, 10,425 children and adolescents were recorded victims of sexual violence in Brazil, with 83% being female. Research shows that the sexual exploitation of children at major sporting events is ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/05/2015, number: 1161848
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR20: 12 days late,
Main office

Its a Penalty
Leatherhead Institute
67 High Street
Leatherhead
KT22 8AH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY PROTECTING THEM FROM SEXUAL AND OTHER EXPLOITATION.(2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS AND SERVICES TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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