Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Grant maker support: +4

EXIT FOUNDATION 

Exit Foundation reaches out to people caught up in gangs, street life, drug addiction, offending behaviour and ex-offenders and to offer them an 'exit' route via a bespoke 16-week mentoring program. This is designed to equip and prepare individuals for either employment, training or education. It provides intensive mentoring and support services, advocacy, advice/information & life coaching.
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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 7 years

www.exitfoundation.org.uk

admin@exitfoundation.org.uk

02080047452

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
31/03/23£296£255£41n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£215£183£32n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£107£121£-14n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£71£82£-11n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£99£78£21n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18*£24£4£19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Throughout London,

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
BBC Children in Need£60,000
DCMS£10,000
London Catalyst£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Exit Foundation
£60,000 01/12/2023
This project will deliver mentoring programmes for young people in Newham, Redbridge & Waltham Forest, leading to a reduction in involvement in criminal activity or violence, improved education ....more
London Catalyst - Exit Foundation - 1
£1,000 07/09/2021
Hardship Fund
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2017, number: 1172408
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
6 returns made; AR18: 147 days late,
Main office

Wilkerson House
Uphall Road
ILFORD
Essex
IG1 2JJ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE CARE, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RUNNING A RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR 13 TO 18 YEAR OLDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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