Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION

The IPPF is both a service provider and an advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights. With a worldwide network of 152 Member Associations and active in 172 countries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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:

  • Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £2,642,265
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£97,338£98,921£-1,583£1,475£71,962£54,4996.62640
31/12/22£97,836£100,211£-2,375£1,082£76,555£55,7786.72840
31/12/21£119,959£108,261£11,697£2,173£76,098£51,4445.72860
31/12/20£121,518£116,714£4,804£2,518£61,962£38,2713.92860
31/12/19£131,086£129,219£1,867£3,183£78,114£54,6995.130710
31/12/18£83,525£85,493£-1,968£3,020£59,463£38,0785.32760
31/12/17£78,755£71,587£7,168£3,830£56,703£46,8637.92540
31/12/16£95,876£91,064£4,812£3,757£101,223£77,49610.23580
31/12/15£75,961£86,169£-10,208£3,644£84,901£67,6919.43350
31/12/14£81,168£88,578£-7,411£4,991£80,952£62,9748.53520
31/12/13£82,537£80,515£2,022£4,913£85,574£64,3509.63390
31/12/12£89,635£76,113£13,522£4,758£82,768£58,4609.23220
31/12/11£82,598£81,359£1,238£4,266£71,794£57,2178.42860
31/12/10£80,296£81,951£-1,655£4,153£73,468£59,5238.73190
31/12/09£88,011£82,284£5,727£5,387£71,887£56,8998.33030
31/12/08£82,150£82,668£-519£5,601£72,377£56,3968.22970
31/12/07£59,979£50,248£9,731£3,628£55,746£41,977102900
31/12/06£54,464£49,372£5,092n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£53,220£54,371£-1,151n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£49,381£41,709£7,672n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, ....more
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - 300875-101 Preventing Recourse to Unsafe Abortion - supporting locally led initi
£750,000 01/04/2022
This programme will provide capacity building to grassroots womens rights organisations, with a focus on safe abortion. In line with DFIDs priorities, this programme will help strengthen civil society in developing countries by supporting gender ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - 300875-101 Preventing Recourse to Unsafe Abortion - supporting locally led initi
£2,250,000 01/04/2022
This programme will provide capacity building to grassroots womens rights organisations, with a focus on safe abortion. In line with DFIDs priorities, this programme will help strengthen civil society in developing countries by supporting gender ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Preventing Recourse to Unsafe Abortion - supporting locally led initiatives (SAAF)
£1,000,000 01/04/2019
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Approaches in complex and challenging environments for sustainable sexual and reproductive health and rights (ACCESS).
£1,870,516 01/04/2018
To improve reproductive maternal and child health (RMCH) outcomes in Mozambique by strengthening community and institutional systems. This contributes toward the Family Planning 2020 objectives

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

  • AMMAR AL SALAMA Appointed: 2024
  • DAREN PAUL KATIGBAK Appointed: 2024
  • DR RATHNAMALA M DESAI Appointed: 2024
  • ELIZABETH SCHAFFER Appointed: 2020
  • HAYATHE AYEVA Appointed: 2022
  • ISAAC ADEWOLE Appointed: 2020
  • JON KARLEIV ANDREAS LOMOY Appointed: 2023
  • KARINA VARTANOVA Appointed: 2024
  • KATE GILMORE (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • MARIA PERDOMO Appointed: 2024
  • PATRICK MWEBESA Appointed: 2023
  • PROF ROSE-MARIE ANTOINE Appointed: 2021
  • RADA DIMITROVA VALCHANOVA Appointed: 2024
  • SAMI NATSHEH Appointed: 2020
  • ULUKBEK BATYRGALIEV Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/1963, number: 229476
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2017, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

I P P F
4 NEWHAMS ROW
LONDON
SE1 3UZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD IN FAMILY PLANNING AND RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD IN THE INTERESTS OF FAMILY WELFARE, COMMUNITY WELL BEING AND INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE ACT).

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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