Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION

Cripplegate Foundation is a grant-giving trust which aims to improve the quality of life of people who live or work in our area of benefit which is the borough of Islington and parts of the City of London. It is a proactive funder, whose work addresses poverty and inequality. Our grants improve access to opportunities and promote social cohesion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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£2,732£3,561£-829£40£47,619£1,5445.21325
31/12/22£3,039£2,872£167£34£46,111£1,8127.6130
31/12/21£2,308£2,522£-214£50£50,756£1,5687.5112
31/12/20£2,322£2,638£-316£44£44,186£1,5677.11120
31/12/19£2,355£2,492£-137£34£44,458£1,4667.180
31/12/18£2,382£2,223£159£97£39,103£1,108690
31/12/17£2,191£2,786£-595£41£40,448£1,1024.790
31/12/16£2,278£3,103£-825£51£38,729£1,0864.290
31/12/15£2,249£2,175£74£52£36,240£1,2376.880
31/12/14£2,543£2,281£262£138£37,003£1,8931070
31/12/13£2,256£1,989£267£124£34,981£1,6389.980
31/12/12£2,687£2,609£78£106£30,992£1,2385.770
31/12/11£2,410£2,650£-240£115£29,418£1,0884.960
31/12/10£2,469£2,712£-243£108£31,017£1,1835.260
31/12/09£2,193£2,478£-286£91£28,848£1,4947.260
31/12/08£2,542£2,270£272£74£26,334£1,6798.950
31/12/07£2,275£1,994£281£95£32,955£1,3718.350
31/12/06£1,960£1,857£102n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£1,620£1,553£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£1,359£1,671£-312n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 63%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years

www.cripplegate.org

office@cripplegate.org.uk

02072886940

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • City Of London, Islington,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£350,000
Cloudesley£210,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£175,000
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£103,200
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£74,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation Islington Giving
£103,200 29/06/2023
A funding programme to increase services and support for carers in Islington, in which design and decision-making processes are led by carers themselves.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Neighbourhood Fund 2022 - 2023
£50,000 28/03/2023
Islington Giving supports projects helping people living in poverty in Islington by raising funds and making grants to groups across three main strands: Investing in Young People; Supporting ....more
Hyde Charitable Trust - Make It Happen Fund
£5,000 25/01/2023
Make It Happen Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Coalition partner contribution to Islington Giving
£5,000 18/01/2023
Islington Giving supports projects helping people living in poverty in Islington by raising funds and making grants to groups supporting young people, families, older people and those with mental ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Giving
£110,000 27/09/2022
Strategic Grant (awarded September 2022)
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation Islington Giving
£74,700 07/09/2022
A two-year pilot programme to give older, local people the power to make decisions about which projects and activities to fund in Islington.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
£30,000 06/04/2022
36
£30,000 over 3 years towards the Islington Together partnership, with funding in years 2 and 3
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
£225,000 15/03/2022
60
£225,000 over 5 years (5 x £45,000) to co-fund a project aiming to bring a step change in the way voluntary and public services listen to and work with people around the issue of domestic violence ....more
Hyde Charitable Trust - Make it Happen - Small Grants for Local Ideas - Multi Partnership Project in Islington
£5,000 09/03/2022
Make it Happen - Small Grants for Local Ideas - Multi Partnership Project in Islington
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Coalition partner contribution to Islington Giving
£100,000 07/12/2021
24
Islington Giving supports projects helping people living in poverty in Islington by raising funds and making grants to groups supporting young people, families, older people and those with mental ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Giving
£100,000 22/09/2020
Strategic Grant (awarded September 2020)
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 01/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
£95,000 26/03/2020
£95,000 over 2 further and final years (£40,000, £55,000) towards staffing and operational costs of the Saturday Socials older persons programme delivered through Islington Giving.
Cloudesley - Grant to Islington Giving
£50,000 24/09/2019
Strategic Grant (awarded Sep 2019)
National Lottery Community Fund - Islington Giving
£330,000 20/09/2019
48
Islington Giving
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Three year support for Islington Giving through the Cripplegate Foundation
£150,000 04/12/2018
12
The Cripplegate Foundation work to transform the lives of Islington’s most disadvantaged residents, by developing effective partnerships with local and national organisations to bring more ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
£141,000 10/01/2017
36
£141,000 over three years (£45,640, £47,000, £48,360) towards staffing and operational costs of the Saturday Socials programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Islington Giving
£450,000 25/08/2016
35
Led by the Foundation, six charitable funders and a further 12 partners will provide funding to reduce isolation and unlock community assets in Islington particularly to benefit older people, younger ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
£5,000 24/07/2014
Towards the next phase of the Safety Net campaign.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cripplegate Foundation
£300,000 28/11/2013
24
towards two years' continuation funding of local community projects in the London Borough of Islington through Islington Giving
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION LTD
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 207499
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

13 ELLIOTT'S PLACE
LONDON
N1 8HX

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR EMPLOYED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE PERSONS.2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PERSONS RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.3) TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE PARISH OF ST GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, IN THE CITY OF LONDON, THE FORMER PARISH OF ST LUKE, OLD STREET AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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