Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

ABILITY TO CHANGE

Ability to Change is a Charity that provides a range of services for ex-offenders, vulnerable individuals, who have experienced disadvantages or homelessness.We design and deliver programmes that help people make the transition into education or employment and the ability to change from social exclusion to social inclusion

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/12/22	£539	£543	£-4	£0	£57	£50	1.1	10	3
31/12/21	£522	£528	£-6	£0	£61	£61	1.4	6	3
31/12/20	£459	£444	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/19	£358	£354	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/18	£319	£291	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	6
31/12/17	£246	£236	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£151	£137	£13	£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: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 4

Asset Split ?

Established: 9 years

www.abilitytochange.org.uk

info@abilitytochange.org.uk

02086869061

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Croydon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Ability 2 Change
£9,945	20/05/2022	The funding will be used to target men from a wide range of cultural backgrounds aged 21-50 who are ex-offenders and face multiple barriers in moving forward. The project will be delivered over ....more The funding will be used to target men from a wide range of cultural backgrounds aged 21-50 who are ex-offenders and face multiple barriers in moving forward. The project will be delivered over twelve months and will offer support on education and employment. The project aims to reduce re-offending and remove barriers for those facing multiple issues.
Department for Work and Pensions - PLANETRENT GROUP LIMITED
£4,341	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - PLANETRENT GROUP LIMITED
£4,341	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - MOONSHINE INC
£3,000	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentoring for Change
£9,491	29/11/2017 12	This project will train volunteer mentors, who will offer support sessions to ex-offenders with the aim of up-skilling them and offering alternative life paths to reduce the risk of reoffending.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BIANCA HINDS Appointed: 2015

JESSICA JACKSON Appointed: 2018

NATASHA SMITH Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2015, number: 1162596

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

AMP House
Dingwall Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 2LX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-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 INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION.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, 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).

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