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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

BBC CHILDREN IN NEED 

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here
The Charity?s objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Directors may in their discretion think fit and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to relieve need, hardship, sickness, handicap and distress amongst children and young persons.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending


miles
Established: 35 years

www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey

pudsey@bbc.co.uk

03456090015

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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
30/06/23£50,078£39,823£10,255£7,286£47,677£45,09013.6153250
30/06/22£69,929£74,524£-4,595£6,679£37,475£33,2205.3150250
30/06/21£65,569£59,549£6,020£4,957£50,129£46,8619.4142250
30/06/20£85,786£58,889£26,896£5,315£42,823£17,6683.6135250
30/06/19£64,906£81,017£-16,111£6,765£16,314£16,3142.4137250
30/06/18£67,689£81,824£-14,135£6,700£31,666£31,6664.61390
30/06/17£67,718£71,406£-3,688£6,273£45,127£45,1277.61360
30/06/16£64,829£60,730£4,099£7,189£48,318£48,3189.51100
30/06/15£56,046£62,458£-6,412£5,594£44,294£44,2948.5960
30/06/14£55,564£46,464£9,100£5,051£50,886£50,88613.1840
30/06/13£47,494£50,742£-3,248£4,383£42,091£42,09110750
30/06/12?£50,907£35,170£15,737£2,865£45,204£45,20415.4660
30/09/11£40,824£42,048£-1,224£2,126£29,652£29,6528.5650
30/09/10£44,204£46,974£-2,770£1,986£31,406£31,4068620
30/09/09£41,567£30,653£10,914£1,880£34,482£34,48213.5590
30/09/08£42,266£40,440£1,826£1,942£23,191£23,1916.9560
30/09/07£37,358£35,158£2,200£1,859£21,514£21,5147.3470
30/09/06£36,313£35,397£916£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£37,016£36,053£963£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£33,743£31,999£1,745£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 86%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 13.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 153 employees
  • 250 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, 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
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund Phase 1
£10,379,173 19/01/2022
YIF Phase 1 spending objective is to improve the effectiveness of youth services in order to drive positive outcomes for young people such as improved health and wellbeing, equipping them with skills ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund Phase 1
£159,327 19/01/2022
YIF Phase 1 spending objective is to improve the effectiveness of youth services in order to drive positive outcomes for young people such as improved health and wellbeing, equipping them with skills ....more
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£150 07/01/2022
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£87 25/11/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
DCMS - BBC Children in Need The Big Night In Match Fund - COVID Response
£8,280,000 26/06/2020
To provide a match fund grant to BBC Children in Need (CiN) to disburse monies to voluntary and community organisations across the UK who are responding to the needs of their communities affected by ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-58
  • JO WALLACE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commissioner
  • RHONA BURNS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director
  • SUZY LAMB Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director, Events & Music, Bbc Studios
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/1989, number: 802052
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/2003, number: 04723022
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NIC NAC PRE-SCHOOL on 04/11/2019
  • Asset transfer in from THE BBC CHILDREN IN NEED APPEAL on 15/06/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE LYCETT HUMANITARIAN TRUST on 03/02/2021
Main office

4th Floor
DOCK HOUSE
SALFORD
GREATER MANCHESTER
M50 2LH

Objectives

The Charity's objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Trustees think fit and in particular to advance life and help children and young people, in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) through the relief of need, hardship, ill-health, disability and distress.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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