Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT

The Forgiveness Project uses the real stories of victims and perpetrators to explore concepts of forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution and to encourage people to consider alternatives to resentment, retaliation and revenge.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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		£126	£136	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£132	£144	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£177	£151	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£259	£251	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£218	£260	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£199	£232	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£211	£274	£-63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£252	£299	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£256	£280	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£237	£262	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£384	£326	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£329	£323	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£357	£238	£119	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10?		£235	£188	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/09		£161	£138	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/08		£77	£59	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/07		£78	£55	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/06	*	£79	£82	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/05		£100	£74	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.theforgivenessproject.com

info@theforgivenessproject.com

07395827709

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£250	12/09/2022	Towards core costs
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the RESTORE Programme
£10,000	01/08/2019 6	The Forgiveness Project works with real life stories to explore how forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people?s lives. This is a six-month ....more The Forgiveness Project works with real life stories to explore how forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people?s lives. This is a six-month restricted grant towards RESTORE, a group-based programme working with prisoners to build hope, responsibility and self-awareness, helping prisoners to envision a positive aspirations for the future.
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the RESTORE Programme
£20,000	01/08/2018 12	The Forgiveness Project works with real life stories to explore how forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people?s lives. This is a one year ....more The Forgiveness Project works with real life stories to explore how forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people?s lives. This is a one year restricted grant towards RESTORE, a group-based programme working with prisoners to build hope, responsibility and self-awareness, helping prisoners to envision a positive aspirations for the future.
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the RESTORE Programme
£20,000	01/11/2017 12	The Forgiveness Project works with real life stories to explore how forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people?s lives. This is a one year ....more The Forgiveness Project works with real life stories to explore how forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution can be used to impact positively on people?s lives. This is a one year restricted grant towards RESTORE, a group-based programme working with prisoners to build hope, responsibility and self-awareness, helping prisoners to envision a positive aspirations for the future.
National Lottery Community Fund - RESTORE collaboration with Forward Assist
£10,000	30/07/2014 12	Not Available
Dulverton Trust - increasing organisational impact and influence
£60,000	27/02/2013	increasing organisational impact and influence
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Forgiveness Project
£75,000	05/12/2012 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of RESTORE, a National prison programme of restorative justice
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Forgiveness Project
£75,000	27/05/2009 36	Towards Core costs Towards the salary of a project co-ordinator to assist with the preparation for exhibitions and workshops in prisons and schools to share the personal journeys of victims and ....more Towards Core costs Towards the salary of a project co-ordinator to assist with the preparation for exhibitions and workshops in prisons and schools to share the personal journeys of victims and perpetrators of crime, injustice or atrocity.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-78

ANNA BIRNEY Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Head Of Leadership & Change

ANTHONY PHILIP GROVER Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Accountant

ANN DAVID Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired (Psychotherapist)

MATTHEW CAHILL (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/05/2004, number: 1103922
Registered at Companies House on 12/02/2004, number: 05042288

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR06: 82 days late,

Main office

The Forgiveness Project
124 City Road
London
London
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF SERVICES IN THE FIELDS OF CONFLICT, RESOLUTION, RECONCILIATION AND MEDIATION AND THE PROVISION OF VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES.

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