Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

POWER2 LTD 

We unleash the power of children and young people to improve their lives and the lives of others through mutually beneficial relationships.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 21 years
(23 years as a company)

www.power2.org

info@power2.org

0161 331 9329

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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
28/02/22£1,191£1,143£48£215£253£2532.72610
28/02/21£1,215£1,151£64£220£204£2042.12610
29/02/20£1,040£1,305£-265£182£140£1401.32810
28/02/19£1,285£1,290£-5£172£405£4053.83012
28/02/18£1,917£1,906£11£145£410£4102.64710
28/02/17£2,004£1,973£31£202£399£3992.4490
29/02/16£1,986£1,967£19£213£368£3682.2410
28/02/15£1,589£1,564£25£185£349£3492.7300
28/02/14£1,549£1,544£6£140£324£3242.5250
28/02/13£1,289£1,279£10£125£318£3183160
29/02/12£1,101£1,084£17£124£308£2232.5140
28/02/11£987£980£7£6£291£2873.5110
28/02/10£977£1,092£-115£10£284£2592.8110
28/02/09£1,109£966£143£10£399£3424.2110
29/02/08£750£789£-39£8£257£610.9110
28/02/07£741£501£240£10£296£2155.1110
28/02/06£306£318£-12£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/05£197£220£-23£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 18%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Awards received
  • CSJ Awards 2023 Youth & Education
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
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£349,755
Walcot Foundation£340,506
Impetus PEF£250,000
Sport England£182,856
Henry Smith Charity£150,000
The Childhood Trust£130,500
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£117,500
Co-Op Foundation£105,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Power2
£5,000 03/10/2023
Via CSJ Foundation
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£30,000 25/01/2023
To support 8 Teens & Toddlers groups over 2 years in Greater Manchester
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 16/01/2023
community grant
Co-Op Foundation - Power2 Progress
£35,000 23/11/2022
Power2 Progress will recruit 24 Year 8 schools who will mentor 24 Year 6 transitioning students through 1:1 and group mentoring sessions. Working with three secondary schools and their feeder primary ....more
The Shears Foundation - Power2
£5,000 01/11/2022
Power2 Greater Manchester core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Power2 Rediscover
£9,786 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to deliver one to one mental well-being support for 10 young people residing in and around Lambeth who are struggling with their mental health. The project's members will ....more
The Childhood Trust - C-59276
£10,000 28/06/2022
We are raising funds for Power2's unique early-interventions. Our mentoring programmes, 1:1 support and group activities help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds improve their mental, ....more
The Childhood Trust - 21 Years of Teens and Toddlers
£25,000 12/06/2022
After 3 unprecedented years young people are more isolated and anxious than ever before and existing challenges are becoming entrenched. We will give 75 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds ....more
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Power2 Limited
£349,755 09/06/2022
To deliver Power2 Advance 1:1 and group support to improve wellbeing, transition to work, education or training and plan and prepare for long and short-term goals, to 192 care-experienced 16-18 ....more
Walcot Foundation - Walcot Student Advance Programme - Power2 Aspire
£165,506 24/05/2022
36
The Advance Programme is a flexible support intervention that is responsive to individual needs. In the next three years Power2 is proposing to continue offering an introductory 1:1 meeting for all ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Power2 Ltd
£25,000 29/04/2022
Teens and Toddlers and Young Leaders Programme
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Power2 Ltd
£60,000 08/03/2022
Towards a project that will offer 115 young people in the care system and their mainstream schools with an asset-based early intervention.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Power2 Rediscover Programme
£60,000 02/09/2021
Power2 works with young people aged 13-21 across England. Their youth programmes are designed to encourage a reduction in those not in education, employment or training, improve wellbeing and promote ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Power2 Ltd
£30,404 30/07/2021
This project will support looked after children through one-to-one support. It will improve their wellbeing, engagement in education, and reduce risk of expulsion.
The Shears Foundation - Power2
£5,000 22/07/2021
Teens and Toddlers
National Lottery Community Fund - Power2 Rediscover
£9,951 25/06/2021
The organisation will provide extra curricular early-intervention and crisis-support programmes for young people in the local area with the aim of improving wellbeing developing life skills and ....more
The Childhood Trust - Power2: Wellbeing = Engagement = Attainment
£18,000 22/06/2021
Disadvantaged young people are being left behind as Covid19 restrictions ease. Together we can help. Your donations will fund early-intervention and crisis support programmes that give these young ....more
Dulverton Trust - Power2 core costs
£30,000 09/06/2021
Power2 core costs
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Power2 Ltd
£25,000 22/12/2020
Teens and Toddlers and Young Leaders Programme
The Childhood Trust - Power2 ? Look Back to the Future
£25,000 08/12/2020
Your donation will empower disadvantaged young people. It will help them to overcome the challenges that 2020 has exacerbated, and to recognise their own resilience in doing so. Your support will ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Teens and Toddlers Trading as Power2 Ltd #iwill School Transitions application
£70,000 19/11/2020
To deliver a peer support project in Manchester, where older pupils will be trained in peer support and focus on particular themes of transition, such as first day at school, the curriculum and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£7,500 18/11/2020
3
Power2 works with young people aged 13 to 21 across England to develop crucial life skills, improve confidence and boost self-esteem through mentoring and positive psychology. This grant provides ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Teen mentoring programme
£30,000 07/10/2020
3
Power2 works with young people aged 13 to 21 across England to develop crucial life skills, improve confidence and boost self-esteem through mentoring and positive psychology. This grant supports ....more
The Childhood Trust - Power2 Get Back - Life in and after Lockdown
£52,500 03/07/2020
Some young people already faced an opportunity gap, which lockdown is turning into a chasm. Power2 Rediscover supports them to bridge that gap before it’s too much to overcome. Donations from 23 ....more
Impetus PEF -
£50,000 01/07/2020
Comic Relief - Power2 (formerly Teens and Toddlers) Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Power2
£39,298 05/06/2020
£39,298 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding evaluation costs.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Power2
£150,000 19/03/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'Teens and Toddlers' project providing life skills support and mentoring for disadvantaged young people in London, North West ....more
Walcot Foundation - Teens and Toddlers Lambeth
£25,000 26/11/2019
12
Teens and Toddlers Lambeth
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£30,000 11/07/2019
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
United Saviours Charity - Power2 Southwark
£80,000 11/07/2019
24
This grant will support the charity, Power2, to improve aspirations, confidence, attainment and wellbeing for 64 disadvantaged young people and reduce risk of exclusion over 2 years. Phase 1, Teens ....more
Walcot Foundation - Walcot Student Advance Programme - Power2 Advance
£150,000 01/07/2019
36
Walcot Student Advance Programme - Power2 Advance
Impetus PEF -
£100,000 01/07/2019
Impetus PEF -
£100,000 01/07/2019
Sport England - Power2 Be active
£182,856 14/05/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Power2 Be active. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£7,025 20/12/2018
Transforming a meeting room into a space where activity for young people can be delivered
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£7,025 20/12/2018
Transforming a meeting room into a space where activity for young people can be delivered
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teens and Toddlers - North West Expansion
£60,000 01/10/2018
24
Power2 works with young people aged 13-21 across England. Its flagship programme is ‘Teens and Toddlers’, where young people who are struggling in school mentor children in a nursery setting for ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£30,000 10/08/2018
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Impetus PEF -
£150,000 01/07/2018
Comic Relief - Teens and Toddlers
£144,000 28/03/2018
36
In Hackney there are identified needs around the emotional and mental health of young people; need is even greater within the BAME community (source: 2016 Hackney JSNA). Toddlers and Teens is already ....more
DCMS - LCF Development Grants
£27,000 03/11/2017
To complete feasability and development work on devising a social impact bond financed project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Power 2
£64,120 17/10/2017
24
This project will provide a Young Leaders Programme for young people who are at risk of dropping out of school and experiencing a variety of disadvantages. The project will increase self esteem, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Teens and Toddlers UK Ltd
£40,000 08/09/2017
£40,000 over 18 months towards the costs of a review of Teens and Toddlers’ approach to evaluation in order to ensure the organisation can provide robust evidence of the outcomes it claims and ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£50,000 12/07/2017
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Impetus PEF -
£175,000 01/07/2017
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Teens and Toddlers Ltd
£101,300 08/09/2016
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Programme Lead at a project providing support to disadvantaged young people in the North West
Impetus PEF -
£75,000 01/07/2016
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£50,000 23/06/2016
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Teens and Toddlers UK Ltd
£34,500 21/03/2016
£34,500 over 12 months to employ a project manager who will develop a replicable payment by results model to attract new social investors to the market.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£50,000 22/07/2015
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Power2
£200,000 19/11/2014
An investment in a Social Impact Bond involving Teens and Toddlers as part of the Youth Engagement Fund.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£30,000 21/10/2014
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Power2
£387,251 24/06/2014
Towards the core costs of an organisation that targets two sets of vulnerable children simultaneously, raising the aspirations of young people (age 13-20) by pairing them as a mentor and role model ....more
Dulverton Trust - programme development in the West Midlands
£90,000 25/02/2014
programme development in the West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Teens and Toddlers: Building Self-belief; Changing Young Lives
£286,444 03/12/2013
37
This is a continuation and expansion project by Teens and Toddlers Ltd (TATL). It aims to improve the confidence, skills and opportunities for disadvantaged YP in target areas of the London boroughs ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£20,000 01/07/2013
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Walcot Foundation - Teens and Toddlers Lambeth
£47,053 05/03/2013
Teens and Toddlers Lambeth
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Children Our Ultimate Investment UK
£97,800 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' salary of a new North West Project Manager to deliver a youth engagement programme to children and young people at risk of social exclusion in the North-West
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£20,000 01/07/2012
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Power2
£50,000 01/07/2011
Power2 (previously Teens and Toddlers) pairs up disadvantaged teenagers with toddlers in a nursery whom they mentor. This program increases the aspirations, skills and self-esteem of the teenager and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Power2
£280,000 15/07/2010
48
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards the recruitment and salary of a director of fundraising.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • GEMMA CARROLL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Public Affairs Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2003, number: 1099782
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/05/2000, number: 04001308
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

26A Warrington Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
Tameside
OL6 6AS

Objectives

TO FOSTER AND SUPPORT THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, OPPORTUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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