MAKING IT OUT CIO

Registered charity 1182154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAKING IT OUT C.I.C

Making it Out CIO provides meaningful, purposeful & creative opportunities for individuals who need a bit more direction and support to get their lives back on track. This includes prison leavers, people on probation, prisoners on day release from open prison and those considered vulnerable to committing crime through substance misuse, homelessness or poor mental health.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£207k
Latest spending
£200k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial situation, finishing with a surplus of £43,563 compared to a deficit in the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £84,812, which the trustees note is nearly twice their intended target of three months' expenditure. The trustees assessed major risks and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £85k)
“MiO aims to maintain a minimum of 3 months reserves.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Included in creditors is a loan for £10,000 provided by H Schofield, a Trustee of the charity.
“Included in creditors is a loan for £10,000 provided by H Schofield, a Trustee of the charity.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£207k£200k
31/10/2024£239k£196k
31/10/2023£160k£176k
31/10/2022£203k£191k
31/10/2021£144k£159k

Common questions

Is MAKING IT OUT CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial situation, finishing with a surplus of £43,563 compared to a deficit in the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £84,812, which the trustees note is nearly twice their intended target of three months' expenditure. The trustees assessed major risks and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAKING IT OUT CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKING IT OUT CIO as a grant recipient include The Considered Ask Foundation, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THREE OAKS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Considered Ask FoundationFY2023£50k
The Considered Ask FoundationFY2022£25k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2023£8kex-offenders, West Sussex
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2024£4k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust01/04/2026£15kA grant to Making It Out
A B Charitable Trust17/03/2025£15kA grant to Making It Out
Postcode Lottery12/08/2024£40kMillionaire Street 2024 08w3
A B Charitable Trust18/04/2024£15kA grant to Making It Out
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2023£10kMaking It Out
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2021£10kMake A Day of It
UK government03/12/2020£18kDCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
UK government10/08/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A WAY OUT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MAKING IT OUT CIO£207k—0above—no doubt
A WAY OUT FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
RE N-GAGE FY2025£327k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—noted
STANDOUT PROGRAMMES FY2025£953k—0within—no doubt
FORGOTTEN UMMAH FY2023£530k—0unclear—no doubt
YOU MAKE IT FY2025£295k£80,001 - £90,0001above—no doubt

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