Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

UNIFORM EXCHANGE

Our mission is to provide free school uniform to any child in need, whilst encouraging children and families to help others and the environment. Instead of discarding old school uniform and filling landfill sites, we ask families to donate their old uniform to Uniform Exchange. We make school uniform accessible to all children across Kirklees, especially for those facing financial hardship.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£307£298£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£95£149£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£168£63£106n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£50£49£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£30£29£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£21£7£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.uniform-exchange.org

info@uniform-exchange.org

07955724789

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£4,200
Sir George Martin Trust£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/10/2023
Uniform Exchange
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Uniform Exchange
£4,000 29/06/2023
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
National Lottery Community Fund - Uniform Exchange
£10,000 23/06/2023
The funding will be used towards volunteer costs (including drivers who pick up donated school uniforms from collection points and those working in the office and warehouse sorting through the donated items cleaning and preparing them for families ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Uniform Exchange Hubs
£10,000 19/01/2021
10
The funding will be used to create four hubs across the wide area of Kirklees which would allow expansion of the free uniform project to make it accessible to more families. The project aims to create a greater reach and wider accessibility for ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,200 03/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALASDAIR BROWN Appointed: 2022
  • KAREN HOBSON Appointed: 2018
  • MISS LEA DONALDSON Appointed: 2018
  • MRS KATE FRANCE Appointed: 2018
  • MARGARET CAMERON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2018, number: 1177750
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR20: 6 days late,
Main office

Railway Sawmills
Unit 18
Burbeary Road
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 3UN

Objectives

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN KIRKLEES BY THE PROVISION OF FREE SCHOOL UNIFORM, COATS AND SHOES TO FAMILIES AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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