Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 13
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

ABANDOFBROTHERS 

Work done alongside community leaders, local authorities and educationalists to rebuild positive meaning, responsibilty and self respect in young men, thereby creating a safer community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 16 years

https://abandofbrothers.org.uk

admin@abandofbrothers.org.uk

0300 102 4552

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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
31/03/23£514£522£-8£0£213£1483.46300
31/03/22£361£414£-53n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/03/21£382£277£104n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/03/20£438£457£-19n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/03/19£453£373£79n/an/an/an/an/a500
31/03/18*£339£320£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£339£312£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£222£244£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£187£152£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£138£105£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£65£51£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£25£29£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£25£18£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£23£10£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 7.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, Bristol City, Cornwall, East Sussex, Manchester City, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 300 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Blagrave Trust£120,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£95,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£90,000
Tudor Trust£90,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
AB Charitable Trust£45,000
Dulverton Trust£40,000
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation£26,760
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to A Band of Brothers - Bristol
£1,358 21/10/2023
We mentor and support young men from Bristol out of the criminal justice system and into fulfilling lives where they can realise their true potential.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to A Band of Brothers
£10,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for staff and project costs.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to abandofbrothers
£15,000 12/12/2022
Cost of Living Unrestricted Core Costs
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to A band of brothers
£25,000 26/10/2022
Quest for Community Programme
Co-Operative Group - Grant to A Band of Brothers (ABOB) - Bristol
£3,614 22/10/2022
Our Bristol ABOB group will run two, three-month-long mentoring cycles for up to 20 young men, referred by statutory bodies and including two rite of passage weekends, run by around 30 volunteers.
Dulverton Trust - aBoB Core Funding 2022/23
£40,000 19/10/2022
aBoB Core Funding 2022/23
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abandofbrothers
£1,760 19/10/2022
Towards cost of living crisis
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to abandofbrothers
£20,000 06/10/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Abandofbrothers works with young men involved in the justice system, bringing them together with adult role ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 22/07/2022
Core Costs for abandofbrothers
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-A Band of Brothers
£5,000 16/12/2021
Towards the full project costs of a Rights of Passage weekend in Cornwall for 40 men on the cusp of crime or hardship (equipment, food, venue).
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to abandofbrothers
£80,000 01/12/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Sussex Community Foundation - abandofbrothers Brighton & Hove - East Brighton expansion and return home
£500 26/10/2021
Funding was provided to establish a venue as a base in East Brighton.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to A band of brothers
£25,000 23/09/2021
Quest for Community Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 16/07/2021
Core Costs for abandofbrothers
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to abandofbrothers
£15,000 01/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Abandofbrothers works with young men involved with the criminal justice system, bringing them together with adult role models in residential workshops and mentoring ....more
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abandofbrothers
£25,000 18/04/2021
Towards transform and develop charity
The Blagrave Trust - Support for marginalised young men
£120,000 16/03/2021
Mentoring for young men with experience of the criminal justice system
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 10/07/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Tudor Trust - Grant to aBandofBrothers
£90,000 09/07/2020
36
over three years as unrestricted contination funding for an organisation working in different areas of England, using male volunteers to support and mentor young men at risk of destructive behaviour ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to abandofbrothers
£10,000 23/04/2020
An unrestricted grant of £10,000. ABOB works with young men involved with the criminal justice system, bringing them together with adult role models in residential workshops and mentoring programmes.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to A Band of Brothers
£5,000 23/03/2020
12
Funding was provided towards a Quest for Community in Sussex; a transformative 13-week programme to help reduce the chances of re-offending.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 20/03/2020
abandofbrothers - Core Costs
Dulverton Trust - Quest for Community
£54,000 13/02/2019
Quest for Community
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - abandofbrothers: Core Funding
£60,000 10/12/2018
24
ABOB provides a unique rites-of-passage mentoring programme for young men aged 18-25 who have experience of the criminal justice system. Through this grant ABOB aims to set-up eight new franchises ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to A Band of Brothers
£5,000 16/11/2018
11
Funding was provided towards the costs of running their Quest programme for young men in Susses which includes a residential and 1-1 mentoring.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 11/10/2018
abandofbrothers Core Costs
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - abandofbrothers - 3
£60,000 22/03/2018
36
Fund core staff costs of our central Social Franchising Hub. Grant will resource a number of things, for example, product development and coaching and mentoring of new franchises.
The Blagrave Trust - The Quest personal development programme
£90,000 21/11/2017
Personal development for young offenders to reduce reoffending and make a positive transition to adult life
Dulverton Trust - ABOB 'quest cycles' in 2017/18
£27,000 24/10/2017
ABOB 'quest cycles' in 2017/18
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Abandofbrothers
£60,000 28/09/2017
36
Towards the Head of Programmes who will liaise with all new and existing communities and help make the social franchising infrastructure possible.
Tudor Trust - Grant to aBandofBrothers
£60,000 21/08/2017
24
for core salary costs of developing and expanding model using local male volunteers to support young male offenders make a positive transition to adulthood
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to A Band of Brothers
£6,450 14/07/2017
2
Abandofbrothers (ABOB) works with young men who have been within the criminal justice system. They provide a unique rites-of-passage mentoring programme which helps young men make the transition into ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to abandofbrothers
£91,800 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a mentoring programme for young men involved with the criminal justice system in Sussex, Crawley and Eastbourne
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to abandofbrothers
£108,000 06/04/2016
36
Towards the salaries of the head of operations and administration assistant to support a community response to young male ex-offenders.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-63
  • MARY D'ARCY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director
  • STEVE CALDER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Probation Delivery Unit
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2008, number: 1122852
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/02/2007, number: 06113676
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR18: 3 days late,
Main office

PO Box 3260
Eastbourne
BN21 9UA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND TO RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:-A)THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; ANDB)PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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