Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS 

RoSPA's vision is Life, free from accidental injury. Our mission is: Exchanging life-enhancing skills and knowledge to reduce serious accidental injuries. The Society collects data, carries out research, develops policies, informs, educates, audits and provides expert consultancy at work, at leisure, on the road and in the home by influencing, informing and developing risk education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • There is a pension deficit of £3,646,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 62 years
(95 years as a company)

www.rospa.com

01212482100

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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£9,070£8,543£527£979£2,553£6,1368.6970
31/03/22*£7,057£7,131£-74£765£706£6181890
31/03/21£6,093£6,214£-121£0£67£-137-0.3830
31/03/20£8,739£8,843£-104£0£-367£-665-0.91000
31/03/19£9,199£9,299£-100£0£-237£-538-0.7108100
31/03/18£8,865£8,678£187£0£-104£-385-0.51080
31/03/17£8,197£8,026£171£0£-636£-931-1.41100
31/03/16£7,629£7,561£68£0£-719£-977-1.61100
31/03/15£8,094£8,249£-155£134£-862£-1,215-1.81100
31/03/14£7,760£7,759£1£326£-32£-338-0.51040
31/03/13£7,373£7,183£190£128£-225£-615-11020
31/03/12£7,016£6,895£121£100£363£1240.21030
31/03/11£16,036£13,038£2,999£888£2,092£1,8431.71230
31/03/10£9,639£10,477£-839£247£-1,538£-2,173-2.51290
31/03/09£8,951£7,157£1,794£135£119£-860-1.41250
31/03/08£7,421£7,650£-229£41£-883£-1,024-1.61240
31/03/07£6,863£7,061£-198£45£-1,972£-2,014-3.41220
31/03/06£6,986£6,996£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£6,503£6,730£-227£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£8,122£7,573£549£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 240%
Reserves/Spending: 8.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 97 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-77
  • GRAHAM PARKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Number Of Non-Executive Positions
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 207823
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/06/1928, number: 00231435
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
20 returns made; AR22: 51 days late,
Main office

R O S P A
27-28 Calthorpe Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 1RP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, IN ANY PLACE AND IN THE COURSE OF ANY ACTIVITY INCLUDING BY RESEARCHING, EDUCATING AND INFORMING, DEVISING AND ADVANCING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION OF AND PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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