Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 11

Good reserves management: +3
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 14

NWG NETWORK

We are a UK network of practitioners, policy makers and researchers working with children and young people who are at risk, or who have experience of, sexual exploitation, and their families and carers. We offer support and advice; support research and policy development informed by practice; organise practitioners seminars and facilitate the sharing of learning via the internet.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 16 years

www.nwgnetwork.org

network@nwgnetwork.org

07903220671

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	*	£860	£852	£7	£21	£391	£256	3.6	14
31/03/22		£573	£670	£-97	£16	£384	£261	4.7	11
31/03/21		£708	£579	£129	£19	£481	£250	5.2	12
31/03/20	*	£556	£807	£-250	£41	£352	£220	3.3	14
31/03/19		£802	£693	£109	£22	£602	£294	5.1	14
31/03/18		£770	£766	£4	£19	£494	£366	5.7	15
31/03/17		£824	£758	£66	£33	£490	£373	5.9	14
31/03/16?		£737	£582	£155	£30	£424	£371	7.7	9
30/04/15		£488	£419	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/14		£345	£364	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/13		£251	£192	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/12		£131	£96	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/11		£53	£49	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/10		£60	£32	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/04/09	*	£32	£26	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 12.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

14 employees

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£865,440
Sport England	£394,744
DCMS	£394,744
Esmee Fairbairn	£269,550
Samworth Foundation	£238,687
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NWG Network
£19,050	27/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NWG Network
£190,500	23/02/2022 24	Towards unrestricted core costs NWG - Strengthening the Sector to Tackle Child Exploitation
National Lottery Community Fund - Step Change - Tackling Child Exploitation Covid-19 & Beyond
£789,853	16/09/2021	The group is using funding to continue offering a range of services and resources to its network of practitioners who are tackling Child Exploitation (CE) in the statutory voluntary and private ....more The group is using funding to continue offering a range of services and resources to its network of practitioners who are tackling Child Exploitation (CE) in the statutory voluntary and private sectors. The funding will be used to maintain NWG’s key services and implement a number of planned work themes. The project aims to stop child exploitation in all its forms by enhancing the capacity of front-line practitioners so that they are better equipped to know how to prevent and disrupt CE and provide the best possible response to victims and survivors.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	16/07/2021	NWG Network - Working Together to Tackle Child Exploitation & Abuse
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£48,687	07/12/2020	Funding support to design and develop a new digital platform to deliver their core services (training, events and consultations)
National Lottery Community Fund - NWG COVID-19 CE RESPONSE
£75,587	28/05/2020 6	The funding will be used to continue support to over 145000 front line workers across England who are delivering support to thousands of children at risk of/experiencing child exploitation during ....more The funding will be used to continue support to over 145000 front line workers across England who are delivering support to thousands of children at risk of/experiencing child exploitation during COVID-19. NWG supports practitioners on the ground helping them to interpret national policy understand legislation and implement it at an operational local level. This funding will enable them to deal with the increased number of requests for advice and guidance.
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£40,000	26/05/2020 12	To support the lost income from training and consultancy
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NWG Network
£60,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
Sport England - Support to sports to prevent abuse
£197,372	28/04/2020 36	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Support to sports to prevent abuse
£197,372	28/04/2020	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project lists its main activity as Sports Development
Sport England - Support to sports to prevent abuse
£197,372	13/08/2019 36	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Support to sports to prevent abuse
£197,372	13/08/2019	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£150,000	11/07/2019 36	core unrestricted funding to support their organisation
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ML enabled Risk Identification & Assessment in Child Exploitation
£16,037	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=32807
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£22,500	09/01/2019 36	NWG is a specialist national organisation set up to fight child sexual exploitation (CSE) by working collaboratively with practitioners, policy makers and researchers. This is a three year ....more NWG is a specialist national organisation set up to fight child sexual exploitation (CSE) by working collaboratively with practitioners, policy makers and researchers. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Sport England - Support to Sports to Prevent Abuse
£163,664	23/10/2018 36	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to Sports to Prevent Abuse. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to Sports to Prevent Abuse. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Support to Sports to Prevent Abuse
£163,664	23/10/2018	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Support to sports to prevent abuse'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Support to sports to prevent abuse'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NWG Network
£370,383	05/07/2018 36	Towards core costs including the salaries of the chief operating officer and the network coordinator to support organisations and frontline workers tackling child sexual exploitation.
Sport England - Support to sports to prevent abuse
£100,000	31/01/2018 36	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Support to sports to prevent abuse. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£7,500	01/11/2017 12	NWG is a specialist national organisation set up to fight child sexual exploitation (CSE) by working collaboratively with practitioners, policy makers and researchers. This is a one year unrestricted ....more NWG is a specialist national organisation set up to fight child sexual exploitation (CSE) by working collaboratively with practitioners, policy makers and researchers. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Young People at the Centre of Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation
£58,000	25/09/2017 24	National Working Group aims to stop the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and young people, and to improve support for those affected. It will grow its Youth Advisory Board from a ....more National Working Group aims to stop the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and young people, and to improve support for those affected. It will grow its Youth Advisory Board from a centralised UK board to three regional boards. This will lead to enhanced youth advocacy within the child sexual exploitation sector and inform the organisation’s research, policy and campaigns. Learning will be disseminated across its network.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NWG Network
£119,706	19/11/2014	Towards awareness raising of child sexual exploitation among organisations supporting children and young people, aiding early intervention and prevention, and ensuring appropriate victim support is ....more Towards awareness raising of child sexual exploitation among organisations supporting children and young people, aiding early intervention and prevention, and ensuring appropriate victim support is in place.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 56-74

GILLIAN PALMER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Work Practitioner

KAREN FLANAGAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Treasurer

KAREN WOODWARD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

NIGEL JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Child Exploitation Coordinator Warwicks Cc

STEPHEN ROSE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE WESSINGTON VILLAGE HALL FUND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/08/2008, number: 1125632
Registered at Companies House on 07/04/2008, number: 06557851

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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR23: 47 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR09: 29 days late,

Main office

Suite 1
Innovation House
East Service Road
Raynesway

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, ENABLE, SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY AND THE RELIEF IN NEED OF SUCH PERSONS AFFECTED IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1. PROVIDING A FORUM FOR PROJECTS OR ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 2. PROVIDING LINKS INTO CURRENT RESEARCH, POLICY AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE FIELD OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND OFFERING OPPORTUNITY FOR EXAMPLES OF GOOD, BAD AND DEVELOPING PRACTICE TO BE SHARED AND DISCUSSED; 3. ENCOURAGING THE COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND AIMING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COORDINATED POLICY AND PRACTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF OR SUFFERING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 4. ENCOURAGING A CHILD CENTRED PRACTICE THAT RECOGNISES AND RESPECTS DIVERSITY; 5. DEVELOPING AN APPROPRIATE SUPPORT NETWORK FOR SERVICES WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF OR EXPERIENCING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 6. ENABLING THE CHARITY TO BE HEARD AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF PROJECTS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, MODERN SLAVERY; 7. ASSISTING IN THE ERADICATION OF THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND MODERN SLAVERY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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