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Description
Our work with The Big Issue Vendors focuses on Health, Finance, Aspirations and Accommodation. The Big Issue gives Vendors diginity, income and purpose, The Big Issue Foundation plans to help every Vendor use that new found dignity and purpose to continue their journey away from homelessness wherever there is a need for more help.
Also known as
- The Big Issue Foundation
- The Big Issue
- Big Issue Foundation
- The Big Issue Foundation
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Removed
Postcode
N4 3HH
Website
Domain
bigissue.com
Latest income
£1,746,017 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- bigissue.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
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- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Wikipedia: The Big Issue Foundation
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 2 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1049077 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The Big Issue Foundation (inactive)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Temporary shelters
D32
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Economic and community development
EC» UnemploymentEC107 -
Education
ED -
Education
ED» TrainingED300 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300» Employability trainingED302 -
Housing
HO» HomelessnessHO103 -
Leisure
LE» RecreationLE105 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Accommodation/housing
107
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995-09-13 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 1,096,247 | 1,263,184 |
| 2005-03-31 | 966,980 | 1,102,011 |
| 2006-03-31 | 770,849 | 723,087 |
| 2007-03-31 | 777,939 | 695,305 |
| 2008-03-31 | 986,018 | 857,927 |
| 2009-03-31 | 1,114,279 | 1,005,541 |
| 2010-03-31 | 1,043,483 | 1,062,669 |
| 2011-03-31 | 1,065,843 | 977,396 |
| 2012-03-31 | 1,273,964 | 1,120,081 |
| 2013-03-31 | 922,040 | 1,100,837 |
| 2014-03-31 | 953,798 | 1,035,778 |
| 2015-03-31 | 1,005,070 | 936,172 |
| 2016-03-31 | 985,125 | 932,557 |
| 2017-03-31 | 1,042,513 | 1,007,180 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,124,131 | 1,016,072 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,282,723 | 1,193,883 |
| 2020-03-31 | 1,740,476 | 1,150,331 |
| 2021-03-31 | 3,072,186 | 2,281,416 |
| 2022-03-31 | 1,746,017 | 1,724,622 |
| 2023-09-15 |
Removed |
|
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 19 | 22 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Volunteers | 5 | 1 |
| Trustees | 4 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £000s |
2021
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 1,592.9 | 2,772.4 |
| Legacies | 131.9 | 140.3 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 1,724.8 | 2,912.8 |
| Income from charitable activities | 21.1 | 100.0 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | - | 0.4 |
| Other income | 0.1 | 59.0 |
| Total | 1,746.0 | 3,072.2 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 395.8 | 379.2 |
| Spending on raising funds | 395.8 | 379.2 |
| Grants to institutions | 266.3 | - |
| Other charitable activities | 1,062.6 | 1,902.3 |
| Charitable activities | 1,328.8 | 1,902.3 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 1,724.6 | 2,281.4 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 21.4 | 790.8 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £000s |
2021
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 22.0 | 1.6 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 22.0 | 1.6 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 1,685.9 | 1,674.8 |
| Other current assets | 210.5 | 303.3 |
| 1,896.3 | 1,978.1 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (114.3) | (197.0) |
| Net current assets | 1,782.0 | 1,781.1 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,804.0 | 1,782.6 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 1,804.0 | 1,782.6 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 271.8 | 187.8 |
| Unrestricted funds | 1,532.2 | 1,594.8 |
| 1,804.0 | 1,782.6 | |
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 21,094 | - |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 1.2% | - |
| Number of government contracts | 1 | - |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 24,164 | 154,026 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 1.4% | 5.0% |
| Number of government grants | 4 | 12 |
Received 26 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Partnerships England Wide |
£491,735 | Pharovas o Traios | ||
|
London Catalyst
Samaritan |
£1,000 | The Big Issue Foundation - 9 | ||
|
Quartet Community Foundation
Bristol City Council - Social Action Small Grants |
£4,760
6 months |
Grant to Big Issue Foundation
Dec 2022 to May 2023 |
||
| The Grocers' Charity | £5,000 | 2022-The Big Issue Foundation | ||
|
Power to Change Trust
Powering Up 2.0 |
£8,000
1 year |
Back on the Map (PU)
Feb 2022 to Feb 2023 |
||
|
Quartet Community Foundation
Express Grant |
£5,000
4 months |
Grant to Big Issue Foundation
Mar 2022 to Jul 2022 |
||
| Arts Council England | £28,389 | Invisible - ( a play about homlessness) | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare |
£50,000 | Main Grants award | ||
|
London Catalyst
Samaritan |
£1,000 | The Big Issue Foundation - 8 | ||
|
Power to Change Trust
COVID-19 Community Led Organisation Recovery Scheme (CCLORS) |
£74,999 | C-19 CCLORS - Back on the Map |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- City Bridge Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Grocers' Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- London Catalyst (9 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Northern Rock Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Power to Change Trust (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Quartet Community Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Friends Provident Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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