Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

CHANGE PLEASE FOUNDATION

Change Please Foundation's mission is to support people experiencing homelessness back into employment. To support this mission, we run a training academy, train and employ people experiencing homelessness as Baristas, provide them with additional support and then into onward employment.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Established: 6 years

http://wwww.changeplease.org

hello@c-p-foundation.org

0203 744 7434

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
30/06/23	£994	£971	£23	£122	£608	£539	6.7	24	20
30/06/22	£794	£478	£316	£64	£584	£551	13.8	6	0
30/06/21	£368	£231	£137	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/20	£290	£195	£95	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/19	£70	£33	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 34%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

24 employees
20 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

Camden Giving	£100,000
DCMS	£59,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
London Catalyst	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Change Please Foundation
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£50	05/03/2022	Covid response
London Catalyst - Change Please Foundation - 1
£2,500	03/06/2021	The Bus Project A new disruptive homeless initiative, bringing services and support to the homeless community during covid-19 and beyond.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Change Please Foundation - 14/02/21
£1,000	03/03/2021	The Bus Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Change Please Foundation
£50,000	03/12/2020 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Change Please Foundation, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to ....more Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Change Please Foundation, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£49,000	03/12/2020	The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	24/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Camden Giving - Change Please Foundation - Camden Retail Expansion
£100,000	25/06/2019 35	Change Please Foundation's professionally trained Mentors will train a minimum of 8 homeless people a year in: cash-handling, food handling, customer service, latte art, Barista skills, assertiveness ....more Change Please Foundation's professionally trained Mentors will train a minimum of 8 homeless people a year in: cash-handling, food handling, customer service, latte art, Barista skills, assertiveness training, and dealing with difficult behaviour to operate vans or cafe on 4 Camden sites.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ALISON EGAN Appointed: 2018

CEMAL EZEL (Chair) Appointed: 2018

GLENN EARLAM Appointed: 2023

JUSTIN IRWIN Appointed: 2019

ROBERT GILLION Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/04/2018, number: 1177958

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

CP Foundation
Unit 5
Print Village
58 Chadwick Road
LONDON
SE15 4PU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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