Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
    • Grant maker support: +13
    Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

    CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION 

    This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
    Cripplegate Foundation is a grant-giving trust which aims to improve the quality of life of people who live or work in our area of benefit which is the borough of Islington and parts of the City of London. It is a proactive funder, whose work addresses poverty and inequality. Our grants improve access to opportunities and promote social cohesion.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
    • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There is a pension deficit of £221,961
    Established: 62 years

    www.cripplegate.org

    office@cripplegate.org.uk

    02072886940

    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    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
    31/12/22£3,039£2,872£167£34£46,111£1,8127.6130
    31/12/21£2,308£2,522£-214£50£50,756£1,5687.5112
    31/12/20£2,322£2,638£-316£44£44,186£1,5677.11120
    31/12/19£2,355£2,492£-137£34£44,458£1,4667.180
    31/12/18£2,382£2,223£159£97£39,103£1,108690
    31/12/17£2,191£2,786£-595£41£40,448£1,1024.790
    31/12/16£2,278£3,103£-825£51£38,729£1,0864.290
    31/12/15£2,249£2,175£74£52£36,240£1,2376.880
    31/12/14£2,543£2,281£262£138£37,003£1,8931070
    31/12/13£2,256£1,989£267£124£34,981£1,6389.980
    31/12/12£2,687£2,609£78£106£30,992£1,2385.770
    31/12/11£2,410£2,650£-240£115£29,418£1,0884.960
    31/12/10£2,469£2,712£-243£108£31,017£1,1835.260
    31/12/09£2,193£2,478£-286£91£28,848£1,4947.260
    31/12/08£2,542£2,270£272£74£26,334£1,6798.950
    31/12/07£2,275£1,994£281£95£32,955£1,3718.350
    31/12/06£1,960£1,857£102£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/05£1,620£1,553£67£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/04£1,359£1,671£-312£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
    Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 3%
    Liabilities/Income: 48%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
    Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.9
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • City Of London, Islington,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 13 employees

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£330,000
    Cloudesley£260,000
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£175,000
    Mercer's Charitable Foundation£103,200
    City Bridge Trust£95,000
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£74,700
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation Islington Giving
    £103,200 29/06/2023
    A funding programme to increase services and support for carers in Islington, in which design and decision-making processes are led by carers themselves.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Neighbourhood Fund 2022 - 2023
    £50,000 28/03/2023
    Islington Giving supports projects helping people living in poverty in Islington by raising funds and making grants to groups across three main strands: Investing in Young People; Supporting ....more
    Hyde Charitable Trust - Make It Happen Fund
    £5,000 25/01/2023
    Make It Happen Fund
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Coalition partner contribution to Islington Giving
    £5,000 18/01/2023
    Islington Giving supports projects helping people living in poverty in Islington by raising funds and making grants to groups supporting young people, families, older people and those with mental ....more
    Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Giving
    £110,000 27/09/2022
    Strategic Grant (awarded September 2022)
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation Islington Giving
    £74,700 07/09/2022
    A two-year pilot programme to give older, local people the power to make decisions about which projects and activities to fund in Islington.
    Hyde Charitable Trust - Make it Happen - Small Grants for Local Ideas - Multi Partnership Project in Islington
    £5,000 09/03/2022
    Make it Happen - Small Grants for Local Ideas - Multi Partnership Project in Islington
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Coalition partner contribution to Islington Giving
    £100,000 07/12/2021
    24
    Islington Giving supports projects helping people living in poverty in Islington by raising funds and making grants to groups supporting young people, families, older people and those with mental ....more
    Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Giving
    £100,000 22/09/2020
    Strategic Grant (awarded September 2020)
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 01/04/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
    £95,000 26/03/2020
    £95,000 over 2 further and final years (£40,000, £55,000) towards staffing and operational costs of the Saturday Socials older persons programme delivered through Islington Giving.
    Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Giving
    £50,000 24/09/2019
    Strategic Grant (awarded Sep 2019)
    National Lottery Community Fund - Islington Giving
    £330,000 20/09/2019
    48
    Islington Giving
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Three year support for Islington Giving through the Cripplegate Foundation
    £150,000 04/12/2018
    12
    The Cripplegate Foundation work to transform the lives of Islington’s most disadvantaged residents, by developing effective partnerships with local and national organisations to bring more ....more
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
    £141,000 10/01/2017
    36
    £141,000 over three years (£45,640, £47,000, £48,360) towards staffing and operational costs of the Saturday Socials programme.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Islington Giving
    £450,000 25/08/2016
    35
    Led by the Foundation, six charitable funders and a further 12 partners will provide funding to reduce isolation and unlock community assets in Islington particularly to benefit older people, younger ....more
    Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
    £5,000 24/07/2014
    Towards the next phase of the Safety Net campaign.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
    £300,000 28/11/2013
    24
    towards two years' continuation funding of local community projects in the London Borough of Islington through Islington Giving
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION LTD
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 207499
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    13 ELLIOTT'S PLACE
    LONDON
    N1 8HX

    Objectives

    1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR EMPLOYED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE PERSONS.2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PERSONS RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.3) TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE PARISH OF ST GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, IN THE CITY OF LONDON, THE FORMER PARISH OF ST LUKE, OLD STREET AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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