Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

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 a grant maker 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

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
30/06/23£538£531£7£0£483£48310.970
30/06/22£441£495£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£490£413£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£451£499£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£422£535£-113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£473£667£-194n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£594£664£-70£0£730£73013.290
30/06/16£236£866£-630n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£831£918£-87£12£1,490£83110.9100
30/06/14£553£936£-383£14£1,565£4595.990
30/06/13£308£620£-312n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£336£579£-243n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£2,686£484£2,201£45£2,447£2596.460
30/06/10£420£450£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£442£554£-112n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£395£483£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07£204£378£-174n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£208£478£-270n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£340£571£-231n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£576£659£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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 ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 45 years

www.police-foundation.org.uk

sarah.hardy@police-foundation.org.uk

02031953837

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
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 it helps
  • 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
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 criminal victimisation and explore ways to reduce ....more
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
  • 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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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