Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

RECOOP 

The charity promotes the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offenders, in particular those over the age of 50, through the provision of support services, advocacy, financial advice and mentoring. It aims to enable them to take control of their lives and remain free from offending and prevent them from being socially excluded.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 13 years

www.recoop.org.uk

mail@recoop.org.uk

01202410500

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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£467£479£-12n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£514£471£43£0£342£3318.4144
31/03/21£408£369£40n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£360£346£14n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£326£322£4n/an/an/an/an/a131
31/03/18£366£317£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£367£310£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£289£234£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£190£204£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£396£346£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£323£312£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£207£178£29£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Esmee Fairbairn£162,500
Ministry of Justice£95,704
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£75,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS Innovation Awards
£80,352 01/01/2021
Improving Safer Custody across the Prison Estate - THREADS project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to RECOOP
£32,500 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS Innovation Awards
£15,352 01/04/2020
Multiple aims and objectives for individual schemes
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - RECOOP (Resettlement and care for older ex-offenders and prisoners) - 5
£75,000 19/03/2020
Development of our bespoke older resettlement programme into a Distance Learning package for prisons and Approved Premises to reach more individuals and offer a flexible solution to future restricted ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to RECOOP
£130,000 09/04/2019
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to improve provision for older people both in, and on release from prison and to increase the financial sustainability of the organisation.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Resettlement and Care for Older ex-Offenders and Prisoners
£10,000 08/08/2017
12
Towards the costs of delivering charitable activities to offenders and key staff working in the criminal justice system.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/07/2017
Older Prisoners
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to RECOOP
£74,874 07/01/2015
36
The charity supports older prisoners in seven south west prisons. It seeks funding for its Support Cafe project. This will help at least 40 ex-offenders per year with their resettlement and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Personal Plans and Peer Support for Older Prisoners at HMP Leyhill
£130,577 24/04/2012
24
This project will be delivered over 18 months at HMP Leyhill, South Gloucestershire. It aims to offer every prisoner over the age of 65, and those over 50 with complex needs, a personal plan covering ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-69
  • KEITH MORAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Professional
  • KERRYN HUCK (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: National Service Delivery Manager
  • PROF HELEN CODD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Professor Of Law And Social Justice
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/12/2010, number: 1139233
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/09/2010, number: 07381550
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Factory
14 Alder Hills
POOLE
Dorset
BH12 4AS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 50, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVOCACY, FINANCIAL ADVICE, MENTORING ON ISSUES SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND ADVICE ON HOUSING AND HEALTH THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND REMAIN FREE FROM OFFENDING AND PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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