Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2

Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE POLICE FOUNDATION

Improving policing for the benefit of the public by: Undertaking credible quality applied research of direct relevance to policy and practice;Hosting events and independent enquiries into specific policing issues;Offering training and consultancy to help the police and others transfer evidence and knowledge into policy and practice; andDisseminating key issues through publications etc.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 45 years

www.police-foundation.org.uk

sarah.hardy@police-foundation.org.uk

02031953837

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	£538	£531	£7	£0	£483	£483	10.9	7	0
30/06/22	£441	£495	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/21	£490	£413	£77	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/20	£451	£499	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/19	£422	£535	£-113	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/06/18	£473	£667	£-194	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17	£594	£664	£-70	£0	£730	£730	13.2	9	0
30/06/16	£236	£866	£-630	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15	£831	£918	£-87	£12	£1,490	£831	10.9	10	0
30/06/14	£553	£936	£-383	£14	£1,565	£459	5.9	9	0
30/06/13	£308	£620	£-312	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12	£336	£579	£-243	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11	£2,686	£484	£2,201	£45	£2,447	£259	6.4	6	0
30/06/10	£420	£450	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09	£442	£554	£-112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08	£395	£483	£-87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07	£204	£378	£-174	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06	£208	£478	£-270	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05	£340	£571	£-231	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04	£576	£659	£-84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 24%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 10.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

What it does

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

Who works here?

7 employees

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barrow Cadbury Trust - A tailored approach to policing young adults - phase 3
£58,150	22/04/2023	To inform and test evidence based approaches to the policing of young adults.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - A tailored approach to policing young adults - phase 2
£59,000	23/10/2021	To test evidence based approaches to the policing of young adults.
Trust for London - Police Foundation
£32,000	10/10/2019 12	The funding is for research to explore the vulnerability to criminal victimisation of moped-based food delivery drivers in the gig economy in London. The project will look at drivers' experience of ....more The funding is for research to explore the vulnerability to criminal victimisation of moped-based food delivery drivers in the gig economy in London. The project will look at drivers' experience of criminal victimisation and explore ways to reduce their vulnerability to it.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Improving the way the police interact with young adults
£23,000	03/05/2017 8	To support a feasibility project examining how a police force might deliver best practice in policing young adults
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Scoping Review Dissemination project
£6,565	26/01/2013	Scoping Review Dissemination project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

ANDREW TIVEY Appointed: 2022

DAME SARA THORNTON CBE QPM Appointed: 2016

HUGH SHERRIFFE Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE GRANTHAM YORKE TRUST,

LORD DHOLAKIA OF WALTHAM BROOKS PC OBE DL Appointed: 2001

MARTIN INNES Appointed: 2020

MARY-JANE CALAM Appointed: 2020

MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM CBE QPM Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR NICHOLAS FYFE Appointed: 2012

SIR BILL JEFFREY KCB (Chair) Appointed: 2011

SIR DAVID GARRARD Appointed: 2000

STEPHEN RIMMER Appointed: 2020

THE RIGHT HON SIR JOHN WHEELER JP DL Appointed: 2004

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/08/1979, number: 278257

Gift Aid

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
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

The Police Foundation
124 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE POLICINGTO UNDERTAKE AND PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE METHODS ORGANISATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POLICE AND THE TRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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