DIANA AWARD

Registered charity 1117288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRINCESS DIANA MEMORIAL AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE · also registered in Scotland as SC041916 (OSCR)

The Diana Award is a legacy to Princess Diana?s belief that young people have the power to change the world . Our aims are to: empower young people to achieve their full potential, engage them in social action and encourage them for their contribution. We achieve these aims though four core programmes which focuses on Antibullying, Social Mobility, Mentoring and an Award Scheme.

Objects

FOR SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN LAW AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY SHALL DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO ADVANCE PROMOTE AND FOSTER EDUCATION, CITIZENSHIP AND LEARNING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £227,302, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £670,649. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £361,995 are below the stated policy target of approximately four months' expenditure. However, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Roy Pinnock & Co LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Diana Award (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Crookchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Wynter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Enya Doyle
• John Russo · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nana Yaa Owusu

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Belgium · Croatia · Denmark · Greece · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION.

• THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION income £15.1m
• THE DIANA STARTIN FOUNDATION CIO income £10.1m
• THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD income £24.1m
• THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES income £19.6m
• KIYAN PRINCE FOUNDATION income £206k
• THE DANIEL FREEDMAN FOUNDATION income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.