Governance

 
 

CRIN was established in 1995 and was hosted by Save the Children UK until 2008. In the same year CRIN was officially registered as an independent not-for-profit organisation in the United Kingdom and is regulated by Companies House (Company Limited by Guarantee No 6653398) and the Charity Commission (Charity No 1125925). CRIN also has Equivalency Determination certification.

Structure of CRIN

CRIN consists of a board of trustees, called the CRIN Council, two co-directors and a team of staff. The Council meets regularly throughout the year and includes a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer, elected by the Council. The Council oversees the financial situation and general direction of CRIN’s work. The co-directors are responsible for the day-to-day operations of CRIN and reports to the Council on the organisation’s progress.

CRIN Policies

CRIN has a number of written policies covering different elements of our work. All policies are approved by the CRIN Council. These policies include, among others:

As well as endorsing openness and transparency in global institutions, CRIN believes that these values should inform every aspect of our work. We use Open Source Software wherever possible and are working to release all of our materials and publications under the Creative Commons license. We also use environmentally sustainable solutions wherever possible.

Please email us for more information.

Key documents

Annual Reports

Please note that as of 2017 CRIN no longer produces the lengthy, descriptive annual reports typical of most NGOs. We continue to comply, however, with our statutory governance responsibilities, namely providing the financial set of accounts  which includes a narrative snapshot of what we've achieved over the year (see below). This was part of a creative decision that led CRIN to produce the magazine series What Lies Beneath. To quote the first edition: “This is not an annual report. So forget the summary of what we’ve been up to or the impact assessment showing how great we are. None of this changes the world we live in for the better, so why continue doing it? Don’t get us wrong, this isn’t defeatism; it’s a new vision.”

Auditing

CRIN’s accounts are audited annually. Audits are currently conducted by Myrus Smith Chartered Accountants. The Trustee Annual reports include financial statements and a snapshot of the work carried out during the given financial year.

Donors

CRIN is currently funded by:

  • Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

  • Oak Foundation

  • Ignite Philanthropy: Inspiring the End to Violence Against Girls and Boys, a project of New Venture Fund

  • Save the Children Sweden

  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

  • Tides Foundation

CRIN also receives pro-bono support from:

  • White & Case LLP

  • Charity Next via its civil service employee secondment scheme

  • IN.TRA, the pro-bono language services provider of the Department of Interpretation and Translation of the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna (Italy)

  • University of Grenoble Alpes, for translation support of the students in Master 2 ‘Langues étrangères appliquées, parcours Traduction spécialisée multilingue’