Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

MISSION EMPLOYABLE

Provide training and employment for people with learning disabilities by running a cafe and gift shop in Chorleywood, Herts. People with learning disabilities will undertake supervised training in the cafe and gift shop allowing them to gain essential work experience and to work alongside others. Following such training, support will be given to obtain sustainable employment in the community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,837,581 available, equivalent to 38 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/08/23?	£1,034	£586	£448	£32	£1,838	£1,838	37.6	15	8
31/03/22	£614	£77	£538	£33	£1,389	£1,364	213.9	1	1
31/03/21	£753	£20	£733	£15	£852	£812	490.7	0	1
31/03/20	£143	£25	£119	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 37.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 5 years

www.missionemployable.co.uk

info@missionemployable.co.uk

02083996177

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other education services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£840,000
CHK Foundation	£90,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£85,000
Wolfson Foundation	£65,000
Pears Foundation	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wates Foundation - Mission EmployAble Pilot Project - RWF 2021
£7,000	20/05/2021	Mission EmployAble Pilot Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000	07/05/2021	Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Loan Scheme award
£590,000	07/05/2021	Underwiting loan of £590k
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mission Employable
£85,000	25/06/2020	construction of building for a charity that works with people with learning disabilities in Hertfordshire
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Mission EmployAble
£65,000	11/06/2020	Training kitchen and public café
Pears Foundation - Grant to Mission Employable
£20,000	31/01/2020 18	Cafe and training centre for young adults with learning disabilities
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£50,000	15/01/2020	to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£40,000	15/01/2020	to support specified work

Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

DONALD JAMES REID Appointed: 2023

ERICA BENDALL Appointed: 2022

GORDON TREVOR HAILS Appointed: 2022

JONATHAN JAMES EDWIN PETTITT Appointed: 2024

KATHARINE WESTON (Chair) Appointed: 2022

MARK PETER DOUGLAS Appointed: 2021

NEIL GORDON TWOGOOD Appointed: 2022

PHILIP GARNER Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/2019, number: 1181597

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Cafe on the Common (Mission EmployAble)
The Common
Rickmansworth Road
Chorleywood
Rickmansworth
WD3 5SG

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY:PROVIDING EDUCATING AND TRAINING INCLUDING VOCATIONAL AND BASIC SKILLS IN ORDER TO PREPARE THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT/WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS AND ENCOURAGING INDEPENDENT LIVINGPROMOTING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Data Sources