Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

RESPOND 

We aim to make a real difference to people with learning disabilities by providing effective and flexible support to help them to improve their lives. Respond work with children, young people and adults with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse or trauma, as well as those who have abused others through psychotherapy, advocacy, campaigning and other support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 35 years

www.respond.org.uk

admin@respond.org.uk

02073830700

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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£1,772£1,962£-190£50£429£4272.6373
31/03/22£1,553£1,546£7£39£619£6174.84132
31/03/21£1,416£1,201£216£6£613£6136.13545
31/03/20£1,256£1,121£135£12£397£3974.22335
31/03/19£944£802£142£30£262£2473.71947
31/03/18£848£771£77£50£120£981.5160
31/03/17£818£763£55£47£43£290.5160
31/03/16£656£758£-102£42£-12£-29-0.5150
31/03/15£709£706£3£20£90£560.9130
31/03/14£670£677£-8£24£86£190.3120
31/03/13£628£631£-3£46£94£831.6110
31/03/12£641£693£-52£15£97£841.5110
31/03/11£636£671£-36£24£149£1242.2120
31/03/10£631£595£36£13£185£1533.1120
31/03/09£625£625£1£33£148£951.8140
31/03/08£579£589£-10£36£147£711.4130
31/03/07£519£511£8£31£157£721.7130
31/03/06£452£451£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£423£294£130£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£267£341£-73£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Man, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 3 volunteers

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
Three Guineas Trust£1,205,000
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime£769,927
Department of Health£125,103
Lloyds Bank Foundation£112,819
BBC Children in Need£107,537
Esmee Fairbairn£105,000
Henry Smith Charity£90,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs
£455,000 13/12/2023
Running costs over three years
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Respond
£440,235 10/03/2023
Ministry of Justice DA/SV 22-25 - Funding for 1x FTE DA Coordinator (inc. VAWG strands), 1 x FTE DA Wellbeing Worker (inc. VAWG strands), 2 x 1 FTE Therapists & Therapy Manager
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Respond
£329,692 10/03/2023
Ministry of Justice ISVA/IDVA 2022-25 - Funding for a ISVA Manager & Senior ISVA working with neurodiverse victims.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Respond
£15,000 06/10/2022
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards delivery of Circles of Support and accountability for people with learning disabilities and autism, and associated core costs. Respond provides therapy and ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs and leadership for therapeutic services
£300,000 04/07/2022
Core costs and leadership for therapeutic services.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Respond London NW1
£25,000 23/09/2021
Forensic service supporting adults with learning disabilities including autism who are at risk of offending
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Respond London NW1
£25,000 26/08/2020
Forensic service supporting adults with learning disabilities including autism who are at risk of offending
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Respond
£13,819 23/07/2020
Grant to Respond meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Respond
£23,428 17/07/2020
Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Respond
£2,900 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This project will provide online therapeutic support to improve the emotional well-being for children and young people with learning disabilities whose lives have been affected by trauma, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Respond
£23,122 28/05/2020
A grant of £23,122 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Department of Health - Covid Funding
£46,962 22/05/2020
Support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Respond
£15,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Department of Health - Respond
£78,141 17/04/2020
The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Respond
£90,000 19/03/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the project costs of the Circle of Support & Accountability service, for adults and young people with learning disabilities with risky, offending or ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Respond
£99,000 18/07/2019
36
Respond provides psychotherapy, advocacy and wider support to people with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse, violence or trauma to move forward positively and also provides support to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Respond
£104,637 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide therapeutic support for children and young people with learning disabilities whose lives have been affected by trauma, abuse or sexual violence. It will improve their ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs
£225,000 20/06/2019
Core costs (salary of CEO, Development Manager and admin support).
Three Guineas Trust - Employment of a Family Services Coordinator and ISVA Coordinator
£225,000 20/06/2019
For leadership of the therapeutic team (salary of the Family Services Coordinator and ISVA Coordinator).
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Respond
£90,000 18/06/2019
36
Towards core costs to support further development and consolidation of Respond's Circles of Support and Accountability model to enable sex offenders with learning disabilities, autism or both, to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Respond
£95,000 15/06/2017
24
£95,000 over two further and final years (2 x £47,500) towards the p/t (0.8FTE) Forensic Service Manager, clinical supervision and oncosts for the forensic service.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Respond
£80,000 28/03/2017
24
over two years towards the salary of a psychotherapist to lead the training department at a national organisation supporting people with learning disabilities who have been victims of abuse
Trust for London - RESPOND
£70,000 22/02/2017
24
The funding is to support a continuation for the salary and associated costs of a Project Worker to continue its My Life My Marriage (MLMM), which aims to end the harmful practice of forced marriage ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs
£300,000 02/08/2016
Towards core costs – specifically the salaries of the chief executive, an administrator and a fundraising manager.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Respond
£105,700 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' salary and running costs of the 'Circles of Support & Accountability' project for adults and young people from London with learning disabilities who have displayed sexually ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Specialist team of advisers
£298,329 21/03/2016
Towards the costs of a specialist team of advisers to support women with learning disabilities who have experienced sexual violence and to offer advice and training to other service providers.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Respond
£60,000 11/01/2016
24
Towards the continuation of Respond's Circles of Support and Accountability project for young people and adults with learning disabilities who have sexually offended or displayed sexually harmful ....more
Comic Relief - Specialist Therapeutic support for young people with Learning Disabilities.
£120,000 30/09/2015
36
Research shows that almost a third of young people with learning difficulties have suffered abuse or neglect. Respond is the only national charity that focuses on domestic violence, sexual abuse and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Respond
£48,973 04/03/2015
24
Respond is a national charity providing support services, advocacy and perpetrator programmes for people with learning disabilities who have been abused or who are exhibiting abusing behaviours. It ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Respond
£144,500 25/09/2014
36
£144,500 over three years (£49,400; £48,100; £47,000) for the costs of a part-time Forensic Psychotherapist and a contribution to independent evaluation of Respond’s therapeutic model.
London Catalyst - Respond - 1
£5,000 08/02/2012
Weekly therapeutic group for women with learning difficulties who are victims of sexual abuse
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Respond
£84,212 19/01/2012
Towards a pilot project using Circles of Support for young people with learning disabilities displaying sexually harmful behaviours.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Respond
£46,000 24/11/2011
the salary and on costs of the Adult Services Co-ordinator, office, rent and management costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/01/1989, number: 800862
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/01/1989, number: 02337300
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
  • Homes England
  • Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW)
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
  • Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

KBC 006/007
Kingscross Business Centre
180-186 King's Cross Road
LONDON
WC1X 9DE

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF SUFFERING FROM LEARNING DISABILITIES AND FROM HAVING EXPERIENCED ABUSE OR TRAUMA AND/OR HAVING ABUSED OTHERS BY THE MEANS IN PARTICULAR, BUTWITHOUT LIMITATION, OF THE PROVISION OF:3.1 EFFECTIVE AND FLEXIBLE SUPPORT TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR LIVES; AND3.2 TRAINING, CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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